TORONTO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Aaron Hill's three-run homer in the fifth gave the Toronto Blue Jays a seven-run lead Wednesday en route to an 8-4 victory over the struggling New York Yankees.
The Blue Jays won in Cito Gaston's final home game as their manager and the team honored him before the contest.
New York missed a chance to take the lead in the American League East and remained a half game behind Tampa Bay. The Rays were blanked by Baltimore 2-0.
The Yankees have lost six of their last eight games and have surrendered at least seven runs in each of those setbacks.
Travis Snider drove home two of Toronto's first four runs with a solo homer in the first and a single in the second.
The Blue Jays had a 4-0 lead heading into the fifth before Hill hit his 26th homer of the year.
Brett Cecil (15-7) worked 5 1/3 innings to get the win, allowing three runs on nine hits.
Javier Vazquez (10-10) allowed the first seven Toronto runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings to take the loss.
