YANKEES Posada, Sheffield go deep against Toronto

New York pitcher Orlando Hernandez left the game with hamstring tightness.
TORONTO (AP) -- The New York Yankees overcame the loss of yet another starting pitcher to an injury.
Jorge Posada hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, Gary Sheffield connected for his 400th career home run and the Yankees rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night.
Orlando Hernandez became the latest Yankees starter with an injury, leaving after the second inning with tightness in his left hamstring.
Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown are both on the disabled list, and Tanyon Sturtze injured his right pinky in the brawl with Boston on Saturday.
Predicament
"I don't even want to think about it. We've been lucky," New York manager Joe Torre said. "There's not a whole lot of skilled involved. We've been able to dance around this thing right now, but you certainly don't want to make a living doing that."
Hernandez thinks he'll be able to make his next start. He first noticed the tightness two days ago.
"I didn't feel it before the game, but in the second inning I felt it," Hernandez said. "I wanted to keep pitching but the manager said no."
New York managed just two hits through seven innings, but Toronto reliever Kerry Ligtenberg (1-3) allowed all three batters he faced to reach in the eighth.
Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter singled and Sheffield walked. Justin Speier relieved and Alex Rodriguez -- 0-for-8 with the bases loaded this year -- hit a sacrifice fly, tying it at 2.
One night after hitting a grand slam in Monday's victory, Posada homered off Speier, giving New York a 5-2 lead.
Posada credited the bullpen with the win.
"They did a very good job. They kept us close and gave us a chance to get going with the bats," Posada said.
Bernie Williams and Sheffield added solo homers off Micheal Nakamura in the ninth. Sheffield passed Al Kaline for 38th on the all-time list.
Scott Proctor (1-0) got two outs for his first major league win.