"There have been more sighs than pies at Yankee Stadium this year, but that all changed last night.

The Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat the Blue Jays 5-4 on a walk-off single by Mark Teixeira in the ninth inning in front of 41,519 fans at the Stadium, giving them their sixth win in their last nine games.

It was just the second walk-off win for the Yankees this year, and rallies have been in short supply for the team that made a living off of them over the last two years. They now are just 2-18 this year when trailing after eight innings. The Yankees lost seven of their last nine home games before last night, making their home-field advantage look less formidable than it used to.

"We had a lot of come-from-behind wins in '09 and we played extremely well here last year," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "As I said, we need to get back to that. That's a real good win for us."

CC Sabathia (5-3) pitched the Yankees' first complete game in two years, and kept his team within striking distance by retiring the final 16 batters of the game.

Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero held the Yankees to one run through seven innings, but they scored two in the eighth inning against the bullpen to cut the score to 4-3. That set up the dramatic ninth.

With closer Frank Francisco on the mound, Brett Gardner hit a hard groundball to first base for the first out. Girardi then brought Jorge Posada in to pinch hit for Eduardo Nunez. Posada, who has been benched against left-handed starters, drilled a shot to center field that Rajai Davis misplayed into a double."