The Yankees left Toronto with a split of their four-game series against the Blue Jays with an 8-1 win on Sunday.
TORONTO -- Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 31st home run, Gerrit Cole pitched five innings for his first win of the season and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-1 on Sunday to split their four-game series.Juan Soto was a late addition to New York's lineup after sitting out Saturday's loss because of a bruised right hand. The three-time All-Star and 2020 NL batting champion went 1 for 3 with an RBI and two walks.
Soto singled off Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman in the first and scored when Judge sent a 423-foot drive to center. It was Judge's fifth career homer off Gausman, the most he's hit off any opposing pitcher.Gausman allowed a season-worst seven earned runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked a season-high five and struck out seven. The right-hander has lost three of his past four starts.
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