NEW
YORK (AP) — Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada hit back-to-back homers
leading off the eighth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto
Blue Jays 7-5 on Tuesday night for their eighth win in nine games.

Matsui
hit a 3-2 pitch from Jesse Carlson (1-5) deep to right to tie it at 4
and Posada followed with an opposite-field drive that just got over the
glove of leaping right fielder Joe Inglett.

The umpires
retreated for a video review after a short discussion with Blue Jays
manager Cito Gaston, and the call was upheld. Melky Cabrera and Johnny
Damon added RBI singles off Josh Roenicke to extend the lead to 7-4.

David
Robertson (2-1) retired the only batter he faced to get the win and
Mariano Rivera allowed Edwin Encarnacion’s first homer with Toronto
before finishing for his 33rd save in 34 opportunities.

Encarnacion’s
one-out drive snapped Rivera’s scoreless streak at 22 1-3 innings. Rod
Barajas followed with a single before Rivera struck out Inglett and
Marco Scutaro to end the game.

Local product Randy Ruiz homered
in his return to the Bronx and Lyle Overbay had a three-run double for
Toronto, which had won three straight. Scott Richmond allowed three
runs — all in the first two innings — and eight hits in his second
start since he was sidelined for a month with biceps tendinitis.

Derek
Jeter and Damon each had three hits for the Yankees, who improved to
5-1 on their seven-game homestand. Cabrera drove in two runs on his
25th birthday.

Joba Chamberlain allowed four runs and five hits
in six innings, and was in line for his first loss since June 18 before
New York scored four times in the eighth.

The
Yankees jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Richmond, who was hit hard in
the first two innings. Mark Teixeira’s smash skipped past second
baseman Aaron Hill for an RBI single in the first and Posada added a
run-scoring double. Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly in the second.

New
York had a chance for more in each inning but Teixeira was thrown out
at home trying to score from first on Posada’s two-out drive and Alex
Rodriguez flied out to center with the bases loaded to end the second.

Rodriguez was the first of nine in a row retired by Richmond, who struck out eight and walked two.