Beltran, Yankees rally, end Toronto's 11-game winning streak
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TORONTO (AP) Carlos Beltran hit a huge home run in the eighth inning, Andrew Miller escaped a big jam in the ninth and the New York Yankees stopped Toronto's 11-game winning streak, beating the Blue Jays 4-3 Friday night.
Miller struck out Ben Revere and Troy Tulowitzki with runners on second and third to close out the victory. The win moved the Yankees a half-game ahead of Toronto and back into first place in the AL East.
David Price took a 3-0 lead into the eighth before New York rallied. He left after Chase Headley's RBI double and Beltran then greeted reliever Aaron Sanchez (6-5) with a pinch-hit, three-run homer.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ivan Nova (5-4) wound up with the win. Dellin Betances pitched the eighth and Miller finished for his 26th save, fanning Tulowitzki to end a 12-pitch sequence.
A one-out walk and single, plus a wild pitch by Miller put the Blue Jays in position in the ninth.
Tulowitzki kept fouling off pitches during the tense at-bat, which included several mound meetings between Miller and catcher Brian McCann. Tulowitzki swung and missed at a full-count pitch, silencing a sellout crowd at Rogers Centre.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Toronto, which swept a three-game series in the Bronx last weekend while giving up a total of one run, had gone 33 innings without allowing a run to the Yankees broke through.
That shutout streak is the longest the Yankees have gone without scoring against a single opponent, eclipsing 31-inning streaks against Detroit in 1934 and the Washington Senators in 1913.
The Blue Jays failed to win a franchise-best 12th game for the fifth time in team history. Toronto has won 11 straight twice this season, also doing it in June.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Price won with seven shutout innings at Yankee Stadium last weekend. He was in control this time, too, in the opener of a three-game set before the Yankees scored four times.
Beltran's homer stopped a 25-inning scoreless streak by Toronto's bullpen. Blue Jays relievers hadn't allowed a run since the ninth inning of an Aug. 2 win over Kansas City.
All three Blue Jays runs came in the third. Tulowitzki hit an RBI grounder, Jose Bautista doubled home a run and Edwin Encarnacion hit a sacrifice fly.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: Manager Joe Girardi said DH Alex Rodriguez will likely sit out either Saturday or Sunday.
Blue Jays: Encarnacion returned at DH after missing the previous four games with a sore left middle finger.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (8-5, 3.79 ERA) will have had five days of rest when he faces Toronto for the second straight start. Tanaka allowed solo home runs to Donaldson and Bautista in Sunday's 2-0 defeat.
Blue Jays: RHP Marco Estrada (10-6, 3.21 ERA) seeks to win his fourth straight start when he faces the Yankees on Saturday. Estrada blanked New York over 6 1-3 innings last Sunday as Toronto capped a three-game sweep in the Bronx. He has allowed only one home run in his past seven outings.