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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
NY Yankees 6, Toronto 0
When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
Temperature: 94°
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Brian Runge, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 45986


Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0 (7): Mark Teixeira belted a two-run homer to highlight a four-run first inning and Hiroki Kuroda scattered four hits over seven frames as host New York completed a three-game sweep in a game called in the seventh due to rain.

Dewayne Wise drove in Jayson Nix twice and Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones had RBI singles for the Yankees, who completed a 5-1 homestand by defeating the Blue Jays for the eighth straight time in the Bronx.

Robinson Cano extended his career-high hitting streak to 21 games with a double in the first inning. Nix went 2-for-3 to improve to 5-for-7 in the series as New York won for the ninth time in 11 outings

To make matters worse for Toronto, third baseman Brett Lawrie suffered a right calf contusion while attempting to catch a foul ball in the third inning. Lawrie extended himself over a railing and into the camera well in his bid to catch Teixeira's pop up.

X-rays were negative and Lawrie is listed as day-to-day.

New York emphatically handed Ricky Romero (8-6) his career-high fifth straight loss after jumping on the struggling hurler in the first inning.

Derek Jeter led off with a double and scored on Swisher's single down the first-base line. Teixeira then deposited a sinker from Romero into the bullpen beyond the left-center field wall for his 19th homer -- and fifth in eight games.

Kuroda (9-7) avenged an 8-1 loss to Toronto on May 16 by striking out five -- including the side in the second inning.

GAME NOTEBOOK: New York recorded its 42nd consecutive game of scoring three or more runs. ... Toronto has been outscored 48-20 during its eight-game slide at Yankee Stadium. ... Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and New York Jets center Nick Mangold were in attendance.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   NY Yankees
Ricky Romero Player Hiroki Kuroda
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 5
12 Hits 4
9.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Toronto   NY Yankees
J.P. Arencibia Player Mark Teixeira
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 4 0 5 .154 12 5 0 0 0 0
NY Yankees 12 1 19 .444 11 2 6 2 0 1