NEW YORK (Interstat) — Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers off Yariel Rodríguez in the seventh inning, and the New York Yankees survived a shaky ninth inning from closer David Bednar to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium.

Paul Goldschmidt opened the scoring with a leadoff home run, his fifth, on the first pitch of the game. Ernie Clement answered with a three-run homer for Toronto in the fourth, and George Springer added a solo shot in the fifth. But the Yankees rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the seventh, snapping a three-game losing streak and improving to 29-19. Toronto dropped to 21-26.

The victory opened a six-game homestand for New York, which had gone 2-7 on its previous road trip. The Blue Jays had won two of three at Detroit over the weekend.

Paul Blackburn (2-1) got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out one. Rodríguez (0-1) took the loss, allowing four runs on two hits and one walk in one-third of an inning. Bednar earned his 11th save, giving up one run on one hit and two walks in the ninth but stranding two runners.

Ryan Weathers started for New York and allowed five runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings, striking out seven. Patrick Corbin started for Toronto and gave up three runs on four hits in four innings.

Clement drove in four runs for the Blue Jays, hitting his third home run of the season. Springer went 2 for 5 with a home run and two runs scored. Kazuma Okamoto added a single in four at-bats.

Goldschmidt finished 2 for 4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs. Bellinger went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Chisholm Jr. also went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs. Ben Rice was 1 for 5 with a double. Aaron Judge singled in four at-bats.

Attendance was announced at 39,082. The game lasted 3 hours, 5 minutes.

Toronto struck first in the top of the first when Springer singled on a line drive to left field. But the Blue Jays left him stranded after a flyout, a strikeout and a groundout.

Goldschmidt put the Yankees ahead in the bottom of the first, homering to right-center field. Ben Rice followed with a double, but the Yankees could not add more.

The game remained 1-0 until the top of the fourth, when Toronto broke through against Weathers. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled, and Okamoto singled to put runners on first and second. After a flyout and a popout, Clement homered to left-center, driving in all three runners and giving the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.

New York answered in the bottom of the fourth. After Chisholm Jr. struck out, Anthony Volpe doubled on a line drive to left, a call upheld on replay. Max Schuemann walked, and J.C. Escarra hit a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Volpe. Goldschmidt doubled to center, scoring Schuemann and cutting the lead to 3-2.

The Blue Jays responded in the fifth. Springer led off with a home run to left-center, his third of the season, making it 4-2. Corbin retired the next two batters to end the inning.

Toronto stretched its lead to 5-2 in the sixth. Lenyn Sosa singled, and Daulton Varsho singled, putting runners on the corners. Clement grounded into a forceout, scoring Sosa. Myles Straw grounded out to end the inning.

The Yankees got a runner to second in the bottom of the sixth but could not score. Chisholm Jr. singled, but Anthony Volpe struck out, and Schuemann grounded into a forceout.

The seventh inning decided the game. After Goldschmidt grounded out and Rice lined out, Judge singled sharply to left. Bellinger homered on a fly ball to center field, scoring Judge and tying the game 5-5. Trent Grisham walked, and Chisholm Jr. homered to left field, scoring Grisham and putting New York ahead 7-5.

Toronto mounted a rally in the ninth. Clement walked, and Jesús Sánchez doubled on a ground ball to right, scoring Clement to make it 7-6. Brandon Valenzuela struck out swinging. Yohendrick Piñango walked. Then Bednar struck out Springer and got Guerrero Jr. to ground out to second base, ending the game.

The Blue Jays had nine hits; the Yankees had 11. Neither team committed an error.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Toronto 4, New York 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Yankees a 58.40 percent probability to win. New York was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5 runs. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 8.5.