"Curtis Granderson didn't need the longball to beat the Blue Jays last night.

The Yankees center fielder — who has been on a power binge that has him second in baseball with 16 home runs — went 4-for-5 with three singles, a double, two runs, and the game-tying RBI in the bottom of the ninth. One batter later, he scored the winning run on a Mark Teixeira single in the Yankees' 5-4 walk-off win.

"I tried to get something that I could handle," Granderson said of his final at-bat. "It's one of those things where I may or may not get something that was my pitch. I may have to be disciplined enough where I lay off his pitch. But I'm just trying to go and put the ball into play."

The four hits were a season high for Granderson. He smacked a curveball to right field to plate pinch-runner Chris Dickerson with the tying run.

Granderson then took a gamble by stealing second base to put the winning run in scoring position. He was unsuccessful when he tried to steal second base in the fifth inning, but that wasn't in the back of his mind."