TORONTO (AP) -- Randy Johnson's first year in New York has not

been what he expected, and manager Joe Torre thinks a bad back

might be the reason.

Shea Hillenbrand homered, stole home and drove in three runs to

lead the Toronto Blue Jays to an 8-5 victory over Johnson and the

Yankees on Saturday.

Johnson (11-7) lasted just four innings, allowing six runs --

five earned -- and 10 hits. The 41-year-old left-hander also gave up

six runs in his last start against Anaheim.

"Every year you have a couple of bad games, but this year has

been very frustrating," said Johnson, who has a 4.29 ERA. "The

lack of consistency, and what I expect every fifth day has been few

and far between."

It was the second-shortest outing of the season for the

five-time Cy Young Award winner, who said he "took it on the

chin."

Torre thinks the Big Unit has a back injury.

"He may be making some adjustments because of the back," Torre

said.

Johnson said his back is fine, but Torre acknowledged the

pitcher tweaked it while making a play at first base. Torre said

that wasn't the reason Johnson lasted just four innings, though.

"He felt his back a little bit, but that's an ongoing

situation," Torre said. "He's got some physical things to deal

with."

Torre, Johnson and catcher John Flaherty all said Johnson's

slider wasn't effective.

"He's trying to do too much right now," Flaherty said. "He

wants to turn this thing around. It seems like the harder he tries

the worse his stuff becomes."

Hillenbrand stole home in the third when Johnson tried to pick

off Alex Rios at first. Hillenbrand broke for the plate and first

baseman Jason Giambi threw the ball into Toronto's dugout, the

first of three New York errors.

"It was more or less just an instinct thing," Hillenbrand

said. "Seeing the situation, I just took a gamble. It might be a

little bit out of the norm but every run against Randy is huge."

Hillenbrand hit an RBI single off Johnson in the first, and his

two-run homer off Scott Proctor in the sixth made it 8-4.

Pete Walker (5-3) pitched 2 1-3 innings for the victory.

The Blue Jays also beat Johnson on April 29.

"We're very fortunate to beat Randy twice this year,"

Hillenbrand said. "Nobody probably expects us to do that and we

were able to do that."

Gary Sheffield hit his 23rd homer and drove in two runs for the

Yankees.

Plate umpire Marty Foster was carted off the field after being

struck by a broken bat in the second. Foster appeared to get hit

just above his right knee by the barrel of Jason Giambi's bat.

Foster was in obvious pain and remained on the ground for several

minutes before being carted off. Laz Diaz moved behind the plate

from second base and the game resumed after a delay of about 15

minutes.

"That was ugly," Torre said.

Toronto manager John Gibbons said he heard the injury was just a

bruise.

Johnson walked the first batter he faced, Russ Adams, before

hitting Reed Johnson with a pitch. One batter later, Hillenbrand

hit his RBI single and Aaron Hill followed with a run-scoring

single.

Derek Jeter's two-run single and Sheffield's run-scoring single

off Scott Downs gave New York a 3-2 lead in the second, but Frank

Menechino tied it in the bottom half with a homer and Vernon Wells

gave Toronto the lead with an RBI single.

Alex Rodriguez cut Toronto's lead to 5-4 with an RBI grounder in

the fourth, but Wells hit an RBI single off Johnson in the bottom

half.

Wells singled in the sixth before Hillenbrand hit his 14th

homer.

Hillenbrand and Wells each went 3-for-4.Game notes
Attendance was 48,088, the largest crowd since the home

opener. ... Torre talked to Sheffield, but not about his comments

in a magazine about how he's the true leader of the Yankees. "My

only concern was that he'd alienate himself from the rest of the

club but I didn't see that happen," Torre said. ... Raul Mondesi

was the last Toronto player to steal home on April 17, 2001,

against New York.