Jeter, Matsui Power Yankees to 10-8 Win Over Jays

New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui, center, celebrates with teammates Jorge Posada, left, and Mark...

New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui, center, celebrates with teammates Jorge Posada, left, and Mark Teixeira, right, after hitting a three-run home run to score both players against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

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Derek Jeter had four hits including the a go-ahead two-run homer, Hideki Matsui homered and drove in four runs, and the New York Yankees rallied from a four-run hole to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 on Sunday.

It was New York's fifth straight win over the Blue Jays, whose five-run fourth inning gave them an 8-4 lead that never appeared safe on a day in which balls were again flying out of Yankee Stadium. There were four homers hit — all of them to right field — to raise the total to 139 at the new ballpark midway through the season.

Jonathan Albaladejo (3-1), recalled after Chien-Ming Wang went on the disabled list with a shoulder injury, got the win in relief — even though Alfredo Aceves deserves most of the credit.

He allowed only one hit while working the last four innings for his first save. Manager Joe Girardi elected to let just about the only one who could get anybody out finish the game, rather than turn to Mariano Rivera, who had pitched the past two days.

Jorge Posada had four hits and drove in three runs, including one during the Yankees' decisive three-run fifth inning. Every player wearing pinstripes reached base at least once, with Mark Teixeira walking three times.

The Yankees simply out-slugged the Blue Jays, who did plenty of slugging themselves.

Aaron Hill homered and drove in three runs, and Marco Scutaro and Adam Lind each had a pair of RBIs as the Blue Jays pounded out a dozen hits.

The Yankees opened a 4-0 lead after the first two innings before Toronto scored three times in the third and put together its big fourth. Marco Scutaro's two-run single gave the Blue Jays a 6-4 lead, and Hill belted his 20th homer of the season off Joba Chamberlain two pitches later.

Chamberlain was lifted after Lind singled, getting a sarcastic round of applause on his way out, and Scott Rolen extended his major league-leading hitting streak to 22 games before the Yankees finally got out of the inning.