
Springer homers twice, Blue Jays win 8-5 to sweep Yankees and take first in AL East
TORONTO — George Springer smacked a pair of two-run homers to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 win and a four-game series sweep over the New York Yankees on Thursday.
Springer put Toronto ahead 3-1 in the third inning and expanded his team’s lead to three runs in the eighth as the Blue Jays (49-38) took over first place in the American League East from the Yankees (48-39).
The Blue Jays were eight games behind the Yankees on May 28.
A dogged Nathan Lukes endured a 14-pitch at-bat to snap a tie with a two-run double in the fourth inning before 36,848 at Rogers Centre.