The struggling New York Yankees hope to maintain sole possession of first place in the American League East when they visit the' basement-dwelling Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday for the opener of the four-game series between the division rivals. New York (52-30) owns a one-game lead over Baltimore despite having lost six of their last seven contests and nine of 12. Toronto (36-43) ended its seven-game slide with a victory at Boston on Tuesday, but the rubber game of the three-gam e set was suspended due to rain. For Thursday, New York's Carlos Rodon squares off against Toronto's Jose Berrios.
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