TORONTO (AP) – The Yankees arrived in Toronto for the start of a season-high 10-game trip, held a one-hour pregame meeting and followed with one of their flattest performances in a season that is spinning out of control.

Dustin McGowan won for the first time in more than a year, Lyle Overbay hit a go-ahead home run and the Blue Jays beat New York 7-2 Monday night.

The Yankees fell 131/2 games back of AL East-leading Boston, their biggest deficit since August 1995, and have lost four straight and eight of 11. They dropped a season-high seven games under .500 and are tied with Tampa Bay for last in the AL East at 21-28.

New York had just five hits – two were infield singles – and was shut out until Hideki Matsui’s long two-run homer in the eighth, which landed on top of the center-field restaurant.

Matt DeSalvo (1-2), among the rookies forced into the Yankees’ rotation because of injuries, gave up three runs, five hits and three walks 4 2-3 innings.

Roger Clemens pitched six shutout innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in a 2-0 victory over Toledo on Monday and his next start is likely to be with the Yankees.

McGowan (1-2) struck out a career-high seven and gave up five hits in 7 2-3 innings, the longest start of his major league career. He had been winless in four starts this season and entered with a 7.17 ERA.

His victory was his first in the major leagues since May 3 last year in relief at Boston and third overall. His only other major league win as a starter was Aug. 9, 2005, against Detroit.

Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano all were 0-for-4. Doug Mientkiewicz was 0-for-3 and is hitting .224, and Melky Cabrera went 0-for-2, dropping his average to .215. Bobby Abreu (1-for-4) is hitting .233.

Overbay, who had three hits, homered to put Toronto ahead 1-0 in the third. Batting in the eighth and needing a triple for the cycle, he struck out on three pitches against Mike Myers.

Troy Glaus doubled leading off the fourth and scored on Aaron Hill’s single, and Overbay’s RBI double made it 3-0 in the fifth.

Toronto broke open the game with four runs in the seventh. Glaus hit a bases-loaded RBI single off Ron Villone, who then walked Frank Thomas with the bases loaded. Myers relieved, and Hill hit a two-run single.

Notes: Cano’s hitting streak was stopped at 11 games.

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