NEW YORK (Interstat) — Paul Goldschmidt homered on the first pitch of the game and Cody Bellinger and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit two-run homers in the seventh inning as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Monday night at Yankee Stadium II. The Yankees improved to 29-19, while Toronto fell to 21-26.

Goldschmidt doubled in the fourth inning for a 3-1 Yankees lead, but Ernie Clement’s three-run homer in the top of the fourth put Toronto ahead 6-3. The Blue Jays added a run in the sixth on a forceout. After Bellinger and Chisholm Jr. homered off Yariel Rodríguez in the seventh for a 7-6 lead, David Bednar allowed a run in the ninth but struck out George Springer and got Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a groundout to earn his 11th save. Paul Blackburn (2-1) got the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Rodríguez (0-1) took the loss. Clement drove in four runs for Toronto. Attendance was 39,082. Time of game was 3:05.