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Sabathia's successful return overshadowed an encouraging outing by Brett Cecil (2-2), who entered with a 6.75 ERA in five major league starts this year. The 26-year-old lefty, demoted to Double-A New Hampshire at the beginning of the season, held the powerful Yankees in check for six innings and retired his final eight batters. He struck out five and walked two.
Robinson Cano extended his hitting streak to a career-best 20 games with a leadoff single in the second. Nick Swisher walked and Jones pulled a drive into the left-field corner for his 12th homer.
It was New York's 145th home run, most in the majors and a franchise record for the first 90 games of a season.
NOTES: Girardi did not rule out the possibility of closer Mariano Rivera (knee surgery) returning before the season ends. "He didn't say he was definitely going to make it back," Girardi said. "He's trying, and my anticipation is it's going to be very difficult because it's a short period of time. But we'll see what happens." ... LF Brett Gardner was scheduled for an MRI after a third setback in his recovery from a strained right elbow that has sidelined him since April 18. ... RHP Joba Chamberlain (ankle) made his third rehab appearance with the GCL Yankees, striking out two in a scoreless inning. ... Alex Rodriguez was the DH for the second consecutive night but the plan is for him to play third base Wednesday, with Jeter possibly starting at DH, Girardi said. ... Ben Francisco started in RF for the Blue Jays in place of Bautista. Gose, a left-handed hitter, was expected to start Wednesday against RHP Hiroki Kuroda. ... To make roster room for Sabathia, the Yankees designated OF Darnell McDonald for assignment. ... Blue Jays LHP Luis Perez had elbow ligament replacement surgery performed by Dr. James Andrews in Florida.
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