BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays will try to keep a three-game home win streak alive when they take on the New York Yankees. Toronto is 48-38 overall and 28-16 in home games. Blue Jays hitters have a collective .329 on-base percentage, the second-ranked percentage in the AL.

The Yankees will send starter Clarke Schmidt to the mound Thursday at Toronto, trying to avoid a four-game sweep against the Blue Jays that would drop them into second place.

The Yankees are no longer sole owners of first place in American League East standings. They now move into second place behind the Toronto Blue Jays after their neighbors up north scored seven first-inning runs in an 11-9 loss at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night.