TORONTO — Jordan Romano stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning, making Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s tie-breaking single stand up as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 2-1 Wednesday night to end New York’s winning streak at 11.

Matt Chapman homered and Yusei Kikuchi (1-1) allowed a run over a season-high six innings for Toronto, which narrowly held on.

Giancarlo Stanton hit a one-out single off Romano in the ninth and was replaced by pinch-runner Tim Locastro, who advanced to second on Josh Donaldson’s hit. Aaron Hicks struck out and Joey Gallo walked to load the bases for Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who grounded out to end it.

Romano leads the majors with 12 saves in 13 tries. Toronto avoided being swept in the three-game series.

New York’s 11-game run was its longest since a 13-game streak from Aug. 14 to 27, 2021.

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Marty Foster for arguing balls and strikes during Aaron Judge’s at-bat in the eighth. Foster upset Judge after calling him out on a low strike in the sixth.

Boone and Foster exchanged heated words before the Yankees’ manager exited the dugout. One pitch later, Judge struck out swinging to end the inning.

Kikuchi won for the first time in five starts with Toronto. He walked one and struck out a season-high seven.

David Phelps got one out in the seventh but left after issuing back-to-back walks, and Tim Mayza came on and retired the next two batters. Yimi Garcia worked the eighth.

Toronto improved to 10-3 in one-run games.

Judge finished 0 for 3 with a walk and three strikeouts, fanning three times for the second straight night. He went hitless for just the second time in 14 games.

Gallo returned to the lineup after missing the past three games because of a tight left groin and homered on the first pitch he saw from Kikuchi in the third.

Gallo’s homer was his third and New York’s major league-leading 35th.

Chapman opened the scoring in the second with a leadoff blast off left-hander Nestor Cortes. The homer was Chapman’s fifth.

Bo Bichette hit a two-out double in the third and Guerrero broke the deadlock with his single.

Cortes (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits in four innings. He walked four and struck out three.

New York lost for the second time in 17 games when hitting at least one home run.

ASTROS 7, MARINERS 2: Justin Verlander turned in another solid start and Alex Bregman had three hits and three RBI and Houston completed a three-game sweep of visiting Seattle.

Verlander allowed five hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings for the win. He is 3-1 with a 1.93 ERA in five starts this season in his return from Tommy John surgery.

Michael Brantley two RBI as the Astros continued to roll with their first sweep this season, a day after helping Dusty Baker become the 12th manager in major league history and the first Black man to reach 2,000 wins.

Houston star Jose Altuve fouled a ball off his groin area on an at-bat in the fourth inning and stayed in the game to single but was replaced at second base to start the fifth. The team said he left the game with right groin soreness.

RAYS 3, ATHLETICS 0: Manuel Margot broke a scoreless tie with a two-run single in the eighth inning and Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep at Oakland, California.

Margot came up with the bases loaded and two outs against A’s reliever Zach Jackson (0-1) and served an opposite-field single to right, scoring Brett Phillips and Randy Arozarena.

Domingo Acevedo balked in another run to make it 3-0.

Rays reliever J.P. Feyereisen (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn the win. Andrew Kittredge pitched a perfect ninth to earn his fourth save.

Both starting pitchers were dominant, though neither earned a decision. Corey Kluber had seven strikeouts for Tampa Bay. Oakland’s Frankie Montas fanned six.

The Athletics finished their homestand 0-6, getting outscored 38-20. It was their first winless homestand of at least six games since 1956, when the franchise was in Kansas City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BRAVES 9, METS 2: Adam Duvall, who played for the Sanford Mainers in the NECBL in 2009, hit a two-run double during a seven-run sixth inning as Atlanta won at New York.

Dansby Swanson and Ronald Acuna Jr. added RBI singles in Atlanta’s biggest inning of the season. Travis d’Arnaud walked with the bases loaded, and Matt Olson capped the outburst with a run-scoring groundout.

The Braves scored seven or more runs just three times in their first 26 games. The World Series champions began the day with a .212 batting average with runners in scoring position after they managed just four runs in a doubleheader sweep by the Mets on Tuesday.

Luis Guillorme homered in the ninth for New York, which had won 4 of 4. Eduardo Escobar doubled home Pete Alonso in the sixth.

Mets right-hander Tylor Megill (4-1) was charged with three runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first start since he combined with four relievers on a no-hitter Friday night against Philadelphia.

DIAMONDBACKS 8, MARLINS 7: Pavin Smith hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and Arizona won at Miami Marlins after left-hander Madison Bumgarner was ejected.

Bumgarner gave up a leadoff homer to Jon Berti in the first, and then retired the next three batters. As he was walking to the dugout, the pitcher gestured with his arm before holding his hand out for a foreign-substance check by first base umpire Dan Bellino.

Bumgarner said something to Bellino as the check was ending, and the umpire threw him out. Bumgarner then started yelling at Bellino and had to be restrained by some coaches.

Bellino told a pool reporter that Bumgarner was ejected for directing profanity at an umpire. Video of the foreign-substance check showed Bellino staring at Bumgarner while he repeatedly patted his hand, but Bellino said he didn’t think that was a factor in the ejection.

“I wouldn’t say he took exception to it. It was just a hand check,” Bellino said.

The Marlins scored two runs in the seventh and eighth to take a 7-6 lead. But the Diamondbacks rallied in the ninth, completing a three-game series sweep.

INTERLEAGUE

PIRATES, TIGERS SPLIT: Bryan Reynolds doubled in Pittsburgh’s two-run seventh inning, and the Pirates beat host Detroit 7-2 to split a doubleheader.

The Tigers won the first game 3-2 with the help of two key errors by the Pirates.

PADRES 5, GUARDIANS 4: Mike Clevinger had an impressive first start since undergoing elbow surgery in 2020, and Manny Machado hit a two-run homer as San Diego won at Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader.

Machado connected in the third inning off Zach Plesac (1-3), and Austin Nola delivered a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth as the Padres won for the sixth time in seven games — all on the road.

It was a solid return for Clevinger, who had Tommy John surgery not long after pitching in Game 1 of the NLDS two years ago. Facing his former team and Plesac, one of his closest friends, the right-hander allowed three runs and four hits.

Clevinger was just an out away from potentially getting a win before being pulled after 95 pitches by Manager Bob Melvin.

CARDINALS 10, ROYALS 0: Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, Nolan Arenado hit a three-run shot and finished with five RBI as visiting St. Louis routed Kansas City.

Wainwright (3-3) allowed just a one-out single to Michael Taylor in the third against the weak-hitting Royals, whose only other baserunners against the 40-year-old right-hander came on a fielder’s choice, an error and a walk.

Tyler O’Neill hit a two-run homer for St. Louis and finished with three RBI.

NOTES

REDS: The Cincinnati Reds claimed right-hander Robert Dugger off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.

Dugger pitched in one game for Tampa Bay this season, allowing three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in the Rays’ 9-3 loss to Minnesota on Sunday. He was designated for assignment on Monday.

• The Reds removed outfielders Tyler Naquin and Nick Senzel from the starting lineup for Wednesday’s game and placed both on the injured list. They were added without injury designations, an indication that both are sidelined with COVID-19-related issues.

PADRES: Reliever Yusmeiro Petit and the San Diego Padres agreed to a minor-league contract.

The 37-year-old right-hander from Venezuela would get a $1.5 million salary while in the major leagues if added to the 40-man roster and would have the chance to earn $500,000 in performance bonuses for games pitched.

Petit spent the past four seasons with Oakland and was 8-3 with a 3.92 ERA in 78 relief appearances last season.

YANKEES: The young Yankees fan who became a viral sensation this week shed more tears of joy on Wednesday when he met his hero, New York slugger Aaron Judge.

It came hours after cameras captured Derek Rodriguez, 9, tearfully hugging Blue Jays fan Mike Lanzillotta after Lanzillotta snagged Judge’s sixth-inning home run ball and handed it to Derek.

Rodriguez, his family and Lanzillotta were invited onto the field and into the Yankees’ dugout before Wednesday’s series finale against the Blue Jays.

Derek teared up again when Judge stopped by for a quick chat, signed the home run ball and handed over a pair of his batting gloves.

“That’s a moment that’s been seen around the world now,” Judge said of the emotional exchange. “It just speaks volumes to the Blue Jays fans they have here. It’s a cool little connection they’ve got.”

Yankees Manager Aaron Boone said he was touched by Lanzillotta’s gesture.

“Frankly, watching it last night really warmed my heart,” Boone said.

Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres also spoke to Derek in Spanish. Derek was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and his family moved to Canada about five years ago.

Derek, who plays shortstop and right field, is named after Yankees Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter. The youngster said he took his prized ball to school Wednesday.

“My friends and my teacher were really happy and they congratulated me,” he said. “My teacher even made a presentation where she showed what happened, and people got to touch the ball. It was just amazing.”

Yankees spokesperson Jason Zillo said the Rodriguez family and Lanzillotta have been invited to bring a group of nine people each to New York later this season to watch a Yankees game from The Judge’s Chambers seats in right field.