New York @ Toronto preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 14, 2019 ) NY Yankees 13, Toronto 3

While the New York Yankees own the best record in the majors as they vie for home-field advantage in the postseason, they continue to show that their offense travels pretty well. The Yankees have scored 66 runs entering the finale of their 10-game road trip and go for their seventh straight series win in the rubber match of a three-game set at the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.

Brett Gardner had his second multi-homer game in five days, pushing his career-best total to 25, and New York went deep five times in Saturday's 13-3 romp to improve to 6-3 on the trek. The Yankees have hit a major league-leading 285 homers on the season, including Gleyber Torres' team-high 37th blast on Saturday. DJ LeMahieu has been a nemesis for the Blue Jays, collecting four more hits to hike his season batting average against them to .418 (28-for-67) and give him an major league-best 58 multiple-hit contests. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a pair of hits in his return to the lineup after missing more than a month due to a strained quadriceps.

TV: 1:07 p.m. ET, YES (New York), OMNI, Sportsnet (Toronto)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees LH Jordan Montgomery (NR) vs. Blue Jays RH T.J. Zeuch (0-0, 5.40 ERA)

Montgomery returns to the rotation for the first time in 16 1/2 months, having undergone Tommy John surgery after making only six starts last season. The 26-year-old was 2-0 with a 3.62 ERA when his elbow issues cropped up in 2018, which followed a promising rookie campaign that saw him post a 9-7 mark and 3.88 ERA in 29 starts. Teoscar Hernandez is 0-for-5 versus Montgomery, who beat the Blue Jays with six innings of one-run ball last year and was 1-0 with an 0.79 ERA against them in 2017.

Zeuch, who threw a no-hitter at Triple-A Buffalo last month, goes for his first career victory as he prepares to make his third major league appearance and second start. A first-round draft pick in 2016, the 6-7 sinkerballer made his first start versus Boston on Tuesday, giving up three runs and six hits while getting seven ground-ball outs over 4 1/3 innings. Zeuch came on in relief at Atlanta in his major league debut, striking out four while yielding two runs and three hits across four innings.

WALK-OFFS

1. Yankees 1B Luke Voit is 7-for-15 with two homers, six RBIs and eight runs scored during a four-game hitting streak.

2. Blue Jays LHP Tim Mayza needs Tommy John surgery after suffering a torn ligament in Friday's game.

3. Gardner has 20 career home runs against Toronto, his most against any opponent.

PREDICTION: Yankees 6, Blue Jays 4