(Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays used a barrage of home runs to defeat the New York Yankees in the opener of this two-game series and shoot for a sweep tonight at Rogers Centre. Edwin Encarnacion had a three-run homer, J.P. Arencibia cracked a two-run shot and both Jose Bautista and Kelly Johnson added solo home runs in Wednesdays 8-1 victory which was fueled by an 11-3 advantage in hits. Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda was reached for seven runs and eight hits, including three home runs, in five innings. "It was a good offensive night up and down the lineup," said Blue Jays manager John Farrell. Bautista has four homers in his last six games, and belted 43 a year ago for Toronto, which ended a three-game slide and is 1-2 on a seven-game homestand which continues with a three-game set versus the New York Mets. Toronto starter Kyle Drabek was solid in seven innings of work, giving up one run on three hits. The young right-hander fanned five and walked four, and won for the first time since April 15. Prior to the game, Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie received a four-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his aggressive actions toward umpire Bill Miller during Tuesdays game against the Rays. Lawries tirade included throwing his helmet in Millers vicinity. Lawrie, who elected to appeal the suspension, went 0-for-4 with a run scored. On Thursday, the club announced that Lawrie has dropped his suspension and will start serving his four-games tonight. Blue Jays rookie starter Drew Hutchison has two wins in five starts this season and will try to make it three in six tonight. Hutchison won his last outing in Saturdays 2-1 victory at Minnesota, as he delivered six innings of one-run ball, four strikeouts and four walks. The young righty is 2-1 in five trips to the mound and owns a 5.53 ERA in that stretch. Hutchison will be put to the test Thursday versus the Yankees. New York has dropped two in a row since winning four of five games, and will close out a four-game trek Thursday. Kuroda couldnt keep the Yankees out of the loss column for a second straight night with his miserable performance and Mark Teixeira drove in the teams only run in the sixth inning. The Yankees were stymied by Drabek and couldnt solve the right-hander. "He kept the ball on the ground tonight and thats what he is, a groundball pitcher," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said of Drabek. "It seems like we werent able to lay off the sinkers that were out of the zone and he took advantage of that." The Yankees will try to get the bats going again tonight and have scored two runs or less three times in the last four games -- all losses. Following their visit to Canada, the Bronx Bombers will return to Yankee Stadium for a six- game residency versus Cincinnati and Kansas City. New York will hand the ball to Phil Hughes Thursday and he is riding a personal two-game winning streak. Hughes ended a two-game slide on May 6 in a 10-4 win at Kansas City by holding the hosts to three runs in 6 2/3 innings. He then fired 7 2/3 innings and yielded one run in Saturdays 6-2 win at home versus the Mariners. Hughes, a right-hander, has won three of his last five starts and is 3-4 with a 5.50 ERA in seven outings this season. He has faced Toronto 17 times (10 starts) in his career and is 3-3 with a 4.66 ERA, spanning 63 2/3 innings. New York went 11-7 against Toronto a year ago and has won six of the past nine matchups between the clubs. cheap jerseys . Hell be the first to tell anyone that the save really belongs to Tigers centre-fielder Austin Jackson. Jackson threw out Kosuke Fukudome at the plate to complete a game-ending double play and Detroit held on to beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a wild game Sunday. wholesale nfl jerseys . -- Revis Island is relocating to Tampa Bay. http://www.cheapauthenticjerseys... . 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