Yanks hit 5 HR in inning, top Toronto 10-7 for 8-game streak

NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Gardner, DJ LeMehieu and Luke Voit homered on consecutive pitches for the New York Yankees -- and that was just the start of the night’s power surge.

By the time the Bombers’ barrage was over, the Yankees had hit a record-setting 1.42 miles of home runs in a three-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yankees tied a major league record with five home runs in an inning and hit six overall in a 10-7 win Thursday night that extended their winning streak to eight.

“What a show!” Gary Sánchez, who also homered, said through a translator.

New York set a major league record for most home runs in a three-game span with 19 — three more than the previous high — and became the first team with six or more home runs in three straight games. The Yankees (29-21) outscored Toronto 43-15 over the three games and outhit the Blue Jays 44-28, opening a 2 1/2-game lead over the Toronto for second place and closing within one game of Minnesota (31-21) for a first-round playoff series at home.

Voit’s home run was his major league-leading 20th.

Aaron Hicks struck out, and Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres followed with home runs that gave the Yankees a 9-2 lead and chased Anderson. The Yankees hit five homers in an inning for the first time, the seventh big league team to achieve the feat.

“That was a lot of fun.” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Obviously a tie game going into that inning and then everyone just started unloading with real good at-bats.”

The Yankees hit 2,005 feet of home runs in the inning, according to Statcast, 2,377 in the game and 7,496 in the series.

“It was awesome,” said Stanton, who had four hits for the first time since July 23, 2018. “In general it was just amazing to see everyone contribute like...

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