The Yankees (17-11) had 12 hits in Game 1, including a home run by Anthony Volpe and five doubles, and nine hits in Game 2, including homers by Trent Grisham (his seventh), Aaron Judge (his eighth) and J.C. Escarra (the first of his major-league career).

Alejandro Kirk hit a go-ahead two-run double in the ninth inning off struggling Yankees closer Devin Williams and the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 4-2, snapping a five-game losing streak.

It helped that Toronto right-hander Kevin Gausman imploded in a six-run third, as the Yankees pulled away for an 11-2 victory in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader in The Bronx. The Yankees trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the third, but drew five walks and got a three-run double from Austin Wells.