NEW YORK — Ryan Goins is money with his glove, but on Monday night he cashed in big with his bat.
The generally light-hitting infielder, who is playing short stop on a regular basis with Troy Tulowitzki out with a hamstring injury, smacked a two-run home run in the second and added a two-RBI sacrifice fly to deep centrefield in the sixth to guide the Blue Jays to a 7-1 victory over New York at Yankee Stadium.
Toronto has now won three straight, their first win streak of the season.
Third baseman Chris Coghlan also had a big game, hitting a solo home run, also in the sixth, his first of the season, to drive New York starter Luis Severino out of the game.