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Major League Baseball
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NY Yankees 11, Toronto 4
When: 7:07 PM ET, Friday, September 28, 2012
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Mike Everitt, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Tim Welke
Attendance: 25785


Yankees 11, Blue Jays 4:
Russell Martin's three-run homer sparked a four-run sixth inning and Nick Swisher added two hits and two RBIs as visiting New York evened the series at a game apiece and maintained its slim American League East lead.

Starter Hiroki Kuroda (15-11) added to his career high for wins by grinding through 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on 10 hits as the Yankees remained one game ahead of Baltimore for the division lead.

Martin greeted reliever Jason Frasor by belting a 3-2 slider down the left-field line for his career-high 20th homer in the sixth, pushing New York's lead to 6-1. Eric Chavez added a two-run homer in the ninth, going to the opposite field for his 15th of the season.

Blue Jays starter Chad Jenkins (0-3) lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his second major-league start, giving up three runs on four hits with three walks.

Colby Rasmus hit a solo homer - his 23rd - for the Blue Jays, and Adam Lind added a two-run shot to the opposite field for his 11th. Toronto slugger Edwin Encarnacion went 0-for-3 to snap his nine-game hitting streak.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Rasmus' homer was just his sixth since the All-Star break after hitting 17 before the break. … Blue Jays RHP Bobby Korecky pitched the ninth and allowed two runs in his first major-league game since 2009. Korecky made his major-league debut in 2008 with Minnesota. … Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez went 1-for-5 and has two hits in his last 21 at-bats.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Yankees   Toronto
Hiroki Kuroda Player Chad Jenkins
Win W/L Loss
5.1 IP 3.2
4 Strikeouts 2
10 Hits 4
3.38 ERA 7.36
Hitting
NY Yankees   Toronto
Russell Martin Player Rajai Davis
2 Hits 4
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 5
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
NY Yankees 13 2 22 .333 19 4 10 6 1 0
Toronto 12 2 23 .324 20 7 4 5 0 1