Tanaka earns MLB-high 11th win, Yankees beat Blue Jays for 14th straight time at home, 3-1

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New York Yankees Kelly Johnson, left, greets teammate Brett Gardner, right, at the plate after scoring on Gardner\'s third-inning, two-run home run in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Masahiro Tanaka gave up a home run to Jose Reyes on the first pitch of the game, then earned his major league-high 11th victory as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 Tuesday night for their 14th straight home win over the Blue Jays.

Brett Gardner hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole and the Yankees sent the AL East leaders to their seventh loss in 10 games.

Tanaka (11-1) struck out 10 in six innings and left with an AL-best 1.99 ERA. The Japanese rookie has made 14 starts this season — he’s gone at least six innings in every outing and never permitted more than three earned runs.

Tanaka made his big league debut April 4 at Toronto and Melky Cabrera tagged him for a leadoff home run on the third pitch.

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