Yankees use long ball to go up early, then pad lead in 11-5 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO — The beat goes on for Toronto’s beleaguered pitching staff.
On Wednesday, Blue Jays starter Nick Tepesch became the sixth pitcher in franchise history to allow three homers in his debut as the Yankees led early and then piled on in an 11-5 victory.
Reliever Leonel Campos was unable to quell the fire after Tepesch gave up back-to-back doubles as the Yankees scored three in the fifth for a 6-2 lead.
After a brief Toronto rally narrowed the gap to one run, New York (60-52) reeled off two runs in the eighth inning and three in the ninth with Jays reliever Taylor Cole, in his major league debut, suffering the worst of it.