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Roy Halladay beat the Yankees for the third straight time, and the Toronto Blue Jays handed New York its worst loss of the season.

In a game the Yankees essentially had to win, Pettitte throttled the Toronto Blue Jays for seven innings, allowing five singles and no other base runners.

Johnny Damon let a deep drive by Toronto’s Marco Scutaro clang off his glove for a double, and the Blue Jays crept a game behind the third-place Yankees.

A. J. Burnett humbled the Yankees, allowing six hits over eight and a third innings and needing just 98 pitches to do it.

Roy Hallady threw two hits to shut out the Yankees and extend the Toronto Blue Jays’ home winning streak to six games.

Jason Giambi connected for a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Yankees a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.

Mike Mussina put in his best pitching performance of the season as the Yankees ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Blue Jays.

Joba Chamberlain was wild in his first start, which lasted less than three innings, and the Blue Jays took advantage of a sloppy performance by a bullpen that misses him.

Abreu’s bloop single to shallow center field drove in Melky Cabrera, breaking the tie and producing the first series win for the Yankees.

The Yankees’ second game of the season was 20 degrees colder than their first, and the Blue Jays’ A. J. Burnett was not the kind of pitcher who makes a hitter feel warm.