Yankees outslugged as streak ends at 9

Toronto

Brett Gardner was at a loss for words to describe his latest ejection.

That was ironic, considering Gardner insisted he hadn't opened his mouth before getting tossed.

Gardner lost his cool and the New York Yankees lost their nine-game winning streak, beaten by the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 Friday night.

"Just super frustrating," Gardner said. "Just when you think you've seen it all. I don't even know what to say."

Teoscar Hernandez homered twice, Danny Jansen hit a three-run blast and Randal Grichuk added a two-run shot. Toronto connected three times off homer-prone lefty J.A. Happ (9-7).

Blue Jays rookie Bo Bichette went hitless for the first time in his 12-game career, ending a major league record streak that saw him hit at least one double in nine consecutive games. Instead of contributing with his bat, the 21-year-old shortstop bailed out the Blue Jays with his glove, making a run-saving catch on Didi Gregorius' bases-loaded liner to end the fifth.

Bichette walked and scored in the first, grounded out in the third and fourth and struck out in the seventh. His average dropped from .408 to .385.

Gardner was ejected and had to be restrained from going after home plate umpire Chris Segal in the fourth inning.

Segal called Cameron Maybin out on a third strike that appeared to miss low but was lifted into the strike zone by catcher Danny Jansen. Yankees manager Aaron Boone, bench coach Josh Bard and Gardner protested from the dugout before Segal ejected Gardner following another low strike during Mike Tauchman's at-bat.

"He just wanted to assume or wanted to take a guess, and he was wrong," Gardner said of Segal. "Then he lied to me about it which was a huge problem, and that's what made me a little upset."

At first, Boone came out alone to talk to Segal, who is...