NEW YORK (Interstat) — Trey Yesavage pitched six shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 2-1 on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium II.

Yesavage (2-1) allowed two hits and struck out eight, outpitching Yankees starter Cam Schlittler (6-2), who gave up two runs on eight hits over six innings while striking out seven. The Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie in the seventh inning. Andrés Giménez walked with the bases loaded, forcing in Ernie Clement, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Brandon Valenzuela.

The Yankees answered in the ninth. Cody Bellinger scored on a groundout by Paul Goldschmidt, cutting the deficit to 2-1. But Louis Varland closed the door, earning his sixth save despite allowing two hits and a run in the ninth.

Toronto (22-27) snapped a two-game losing streak after dropping the first two games of the series. The Yankees (30-20) had won five of their previous six. Attendance was 37,497. The game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes.