Blue Jays’ division lead trimmed after falling to Yankees in extra innings

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Greg Bird hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning to power the New York Yankees to a 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.

With Brian McCann and Slade Heathcott aboard, Bird lined a 2-2 pitch from reliever Mark Lowe over the wall in right field for his 10th homer of the season. Andrew Miller (3-2), who blew a save opportunity in the ninth, gave up a solo homer to Edwin Encarnacion in the 10th before completing the victory.

With the win, New York (83-67) moved 2 1/2 games behind first-place Toronto in the American League East division race. The teams will play the rubber game in the three-game set Wednesday night.

New York has 12 games left to play in the regular season, one more than the Blue Jays.

The sellout crowd of 47,992 got its money’s worth with a rollicking back-and-forth affair that had a playoff atmosphere.

Carlos Beltran gave New York a 3-2 lead with a solo shot in the eighth inning but Dioner Navarro answered with a solo homer of his own an inning later. The Blue Jays loaded the bases before Miller struck out Josh Donaldson to force extra innings.

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