Yankees.com: Yanks turn 3 HRs into 9th straight win

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The sentence that deposited Gio Urshela into the Yankees organization was transmitted through the Major League Baseball’s transaction wire one year ago this week, generating little notice at the time. Witnessing his emergence into a power threat has been arguably the most improbable development of the Yanks’ special season.

Urshela belted two homers for the second consecutive evening on Thursday, clearing the fences in the first and third innings as the Yankees thumped the Blue Jays, 12-6, for their season-high ninth consecutive victory. Mike Tauchman also went deep in a six-run third…