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 Chris Young singled on the first pitch he saw from Aaron Sanchez
(2-2) to lead off the ninth inning. Richardson entered the contest
and promptly advanced to third on a stolen base and Brett Gardner's
sacrifice bunt before coming home as Chase Headley slapped a
grounder between the legs of first baseman Adam Lind.
Stephen Drew ripped an RBI double and matched Jeter with two hits
for the Yankees, who have won two in a row and reside five games
behind Oakland in the race for the second wild card in the American
League with 10 to play. David Robertson (3-5) struck out a pair in
the ninth to pick up the win while rookie Shane Greene scattered
three hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in the start.
 Jose Bautista forged a 2-2 tie by belting a two-run homer with two
outs in the eighth inning for the Blue Jays, who have dropped five
in a row to fall six games behind the Athletics. Jose Reyes
collected two of his team's five hits.
New York snapped a scoreless tie in the fifth as Headley drew a
two-out walk off R.A. Dickey before Drew brought him home with a
double to right field. Jeter doubled the advantage in the following
inning by sending a fastball into the seats in left for his fourth
homer - and first at Yankee Stadium - before Bautista knotted it up
in the eighth with his 33rd blast.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Jeter's homer was his first in the Bronx since July
28, 2013. ... Drew finished 2-for-3 after entering the contest with
just three hits in his previous 41 at-bats. ... Dickey allowed two
runs on five hits in six innings. ... Blue Jays manager John Gibbons
believes RHP Marcus Stroman will make Saturday's start against New
York. Stroman is appealing his six-game suspension for tossing a
pitch over the head of Baltimore C Caleb Joseph during Monday's 5-2
loss.
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