TORONTO - Travis Snider knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Snider smacked a drive off the wall in right-centre field off Ivan Nova (1-2) that scored Edwin Encarnacion all the way from first base. Jon Rauch (1-1) picked up the win after working a scoreless inning.

Toronto (8-9) forced extra innings by scoring two runs in the bottom of the ninth off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.

Yunel Escobar started the rally with a double and moved to third on a Snider grounder. Escobar scored on a wild pitch after a Jose Bautista walk. Bautista moved to third on an Adam Lind single and John McDonald dropped a magnificent bunt single down the first-base line that brought the Jays slugger home with the tying run. Rivera loaded the bases before Corey Patterson hit into an inning-ending double play.

Mark Teixeira and Curtis Granderson homered for New York (9-6). Bautista hit his fourth homer of the season for the Blue Jays.

Jays starter Kyle Drabek gave up six hits and four earned runs over five-plus innings. Yankees starter A.J. Burnett gave up six hits and two earned runs in five-plus innings against his former team. The three-hour 59-minute game was played in front of 25,250 fans at Rogers Centre.

Bautista opened the scoring in the first with a rainbow solo shot that landed in the second level of seats in left field, just inside the foul pole.

New York answered in the top of the second with a pair of runs. Drabek started the inning by giving up a pair of walks. Jorge Posada singled to left-centre field to push Nick Swisher across. With runners on the corners, Russell Martin of Chelsea, Que., hit into a double play but Eric Chavez scored from third.

The Jays tied the game in the third by taking advantage of some sloppy play. Bautista drew a one-out walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Lind hit a comebacker to Burnett, who ran off the mound and threw to shortstop Derek Jeter, who couldn't come up with it. That left runners on the corners and Bautista later scored on an Aaron Hill sacrifice fly.

Martin opened the fifth inning with a double. Brett Gardner tried to push him to third with a bunt but Drabek pounced on it and Martin was tagged after a rundown. Jeter lined out to right and Jose Molina fired an excellent throw to second to catch Gardiner stealing.

With the score tied 2-2, Teixeira put the Yankees ahead in the sixth with a blast to deep right-centre field off Drabek, who was relieved by Jason Frasor later in the inning.

Hill left the game in the bottom half of the frame after sliding into second base. He was replaced by McDonald, who scored on an Encarnacion double. Patterson, who reached on a walk, moved to third and Burnett was pulled after walking Jayson Nix to load the bases. David Robertson came on in relief and struck out Escobar and Snider.

Frasor gave up a solo shot to Granderson in the seventh inning. Mark Rzepczynski, Carlos Villanueva, Shawn Camp and Rauch saw action in relief for the Blue Jays.

Joba Chamberlain and Rafael Soriano threw an inning apiece before Rivera came on in the ninth.

Hill is considered day to day with tightness in his right hamstring.

The Yankees did not have third baseman Alex Rodriguez in the starting lineup due to a sore left oblique. He is expected to start Wednesday night in the finale of the two-game series.

Notes: A frustrated Snider broke the bat over his leg after picking up his third strikeout of the game in the sixth inning. He threw the two pieces to the ground in disgust. ... Teixeira leads the Yankees with six home runs this season. ... Earlier Tuesday, the Blue Jays activated right-handed pitcher Frank Francisco from the 15-day disabled list and optioned right-hander Jesse Litsch to the triple-A Las Vegas 51s. ... Toronto has an off-day Thursday before starting a three-game series Friday against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. ... The Blue Jays were 10-8 against the Yankees last season, their first season series win over New York since 2000. ... Entering Tuesday's games, Toronto led the major leagues with 21 stolen bases. ... This was the first of 18 games between the teams this season. Each club will host nine games.