Yankees blast Jays, move into second

Luke Voit and Aaron Hicks homered to key a seven-run second-inning burst made possible when right fielder Derek Fisher misplayed a pair of flyballs, and the New York Yankees rocketed past the Toronto Blue Jays into second place in the AL East with a 20-6 blowout Tuesday night that extended their winning streak to six.

Voit homered twice, raising his major league-leading total to 18, for the Yankees, who have rebounded following a 5-15 stretch and put themselves back on track to reach the playoffs. New York (27-21) and Toronto (26-21) started a stretch of seven games against each other in the final two weeks of the season.

REDS4,PIRATES1>> Tucker Barnhart hit a home run, and Brian Goodwin prevented one with a leaping catch as Cincinnati extended its winning streak to a season-high four games.

The third-place Reds are one game behind the Giants for the final postseason berth. The top two teams in each division and the two teams with the next-best records qualify for the playoffs.

RAYS6,NATIONALS1>> Ryan Yarbrough stopped a personal 16-game winless streak as AL Eastleading Tampa Bay beat Washington. Yarbrough (1-3) followed opener John Curtiss in the second inning and gave up one run and five hits over 5 2/3 innings for his first win since Aug 11, 2019 at Seattle.

DODGERS’ TURNER BACK FOR SAN DIEGO SERIES >> The Los Angeles Dodgers have activated third baseman Justin Turner from the 10-day injured list. Turner is expected to start at designated hitter for Tuesday night’s game at San Diego. He missed 13 games with a hamstring strain.