NEW YORK (Interstat) — Paul Goldschmidt homered on the first pitch of the game and Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium II. The Yankees improved to 29-19, while Toronto fell to 21-26. Goldschmidt doubled in the fourth inning for a 3-1 Yankees lead, but Ernie Clement’s three-run homer in the top of the fourth put Toronto ahead 6-3. The Blue Jays added a run in the sixth on a forceout. After Bellinger and Chisholm Jr. homered off Yariel Rodríguez in the seventh for a 7-6 lead, David Bednar allowed a run in the ninth but struck out George Springer and got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a groundout to earn his 11th save. Paul Blackburn (2-1) got the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Rodríguez (0-1) took the loss. Clement drove in four runs for Toronto. Attendance was 39,082. Time of game was 3:05.

NEW YORK (Interstat) — Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers off Yariel Rodríguez in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees survived a shaky ninth inning from closer David Bednar to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium. Paul Goldschmidt opened the scoring with a leadoff home run, his fifth, on the first pitch of the game. Ernie Clement answered with a three-run homer for Toronto in the fourth, and George Springer added a solo shot in the fifth. But the Yankees rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the seventh, snapping a three-game losing streak and improving to 29-19. Toronto dropped to 21-26. The victory opened a six-game homestand for New York, which had gone 2-7 on its previous road trip. The Blue Jays had won two of three at Detroit over the weekend. Paul Blackburn (2-1) got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out one. Rodríguez (0-1) took the loss, allowing four runs on two hits and one walk in one-third of an inning. Bednar earned his 11th save, giving up one run on one hit and two walks in the ninth but stranding two runners. Ryan Weathers started for New York and allowed five runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings, striking out seven. Patrick Corbin started for Toronto and gave up three runs on four hits in four innings. Clement drove in four runs for the Blue Jays, hitting his third home run of the season. Springer went 2 for 5 with a home run and two runs scored. Kazuma Okamoto added a single in four at-bats. Goldschmidt finished 2 for 4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs. Bellinger went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Chisholm Jr. also went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Ben Rice was 1 for 5 with a double. Aaron Judge singled in four at-bats. Attendance was announced at 39,082. The game lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes. Toronto struck first in the top of the first when Springer singled on a line drive to left field. But the Blue Jays left him stranded after a flyout, a strikeout and a groundout. Goldschmidt put the Yankees ahead in the bottom of the first, homering to right-center field. Ben Rice followed with a double, but the Yankees could not add more. The game remained 1-0 until the top of the fourth, when Toronto broke through against Weathers. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled, and Okamoto singled to put runners on first and second. After a flyout and a popout, Clement homered to left-center, driving in all three runners and giving the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead. New York answered in the bottom of the fourth. After Chisholm Jr. struck out, Anthony Volpe doubled on a line drive to left, a call upheld on replay. Max Schuemann walked, and J.C. Escarra hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Volpe. Goldschmidt doubled to center, scoring Schuemann and cutting the lead to 3-2. The Blue Jays responded in the fifth. Springer led off with a home run to left-center, his third of the season, making it 4-2. Corbin retired the next two batters to end the inning. Toronto stretched its lead to 5-2 in the sixth. Lenyn Sosa singled, and Daulton Varsho singled, putting runners on the corners. Clement grounded into a forceout, scoring Sosa. Myles Straw grounded out to end the inning. The Yankees got a runner to second in the bottom of the sixth but could not score. Chisholm Jr. singled, but Anthony Volpe struck out, and Schuemann grounded into a forceout. The seventh inning decided the game. After Goldschmidt grounded out and Rice lined out, Judge singled sharply to left. Bellinger homered on a fly ball to center field, scoring Judge and tying the game 5-5. Trent Grisham walked, and Chisholm Jr. homered to left field, scoring Grisham and putting New York ahead 7-5. Toronto mounted a rally in the ninth. Clement walked, and Jesús Sánchez doubled on a ground ball to right, scoring Clement to make it 7-6. Brandon Valenzuela struck out swinging. Yohendrick Piñango walked. Then Bednar struck out Springer and got Guerrero Jr. to ground out to second base, ending the game. The Blue Jays had nine hits; the Yankees had 11. Neither team committed an error. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto 4, New York 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Yankees a 58.40 percent probability to win. New York was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 8.5.

NEW YORK -- The Toronto Blue Jays look to build on a series win in Detroit when they open a four-game set Monday against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium II. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. with a forecast of 79 degrees and cloudy skies. Toronto (21-25) arrives after a 4-1 victory Sunday over the Tigers, backed by right-hander Kevin Gausman’s six-inning, four-hit, five-strikeout effort. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered and drove in a run. The Blue Jays have won two of their last three but remain five games below .500. The Yankees (28-19) own the second-best record in the American League despite a 7-6, 10-inning loss Sunday to the crosstown Mets. Shortstop Anthony Volpe drove in three runs, and right-hander Elmer Rodríguez allowed one run over 4 1/3 innings in his third start. For Monday’s series opener, New York will start left-hander Ryan Weathers (2-2, 4.25 ERA). The Blue Jays’ starter was unclear; the team listed both left-hander Patrick Corbin (1-1, 5.40) and right-hander Ryan Weathers (Interstat) — no relation to the Yankees’ pitcher (Interstat) — in its probable-pitcher notes. Gausman, though not scheduled to pitch Monday, is a key figure for Toronto after his sharp outing in Detroit. He is 2-3 with a 3.86 ERA in six starts, striking out 31 over 35 innings. Over his last two outings, he has allowed two earned runs in 12 innings. For the Yankees, Rodríguez will be a player to watch after his solid brief start against the Mets. The 24-year-old has a 3.46 ERA over 13 innings this season, with six strikeouts and four walks. The Blue Jays took two of three from the Tigers over the weekend, including a 2-1, 10-inning win Saturday. Previous to that, they dropped three of four to the Rays at home. New York lost two of three to the Mets and was swept in a three-game series at Milwaukee last week before taking two of three from Texas. The Yankees are favored by 1.5 runs, according to sportsbooks, with an over/under of 8.5. Interstat’s game simulator projects a 4-3 Toronto victory. The teams continue the series Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before the Blue Jays return home to host Pittsburgh and Miami, while the Yankees welcome Tampa Bay before traveling to Kansas City.