NEW YORK -- Mark Hendrickson's first outing at Yankee Stadium was a slam dunk. Just back from the minors, the former NBA player pitched a five-hitter to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees 8-0 last night in a game called after 7 1/2 innings because of rain.

"I think the trip back to the minors has been very helpful," Hendrickson said. "Seeing how far I've come as a pitcher, the game is played at such a high speed up here."

Vernon Wells homered twice for the Blue Jays, who tagged Jeff Weaver for 11 hits and ended the Yankees' five-game winning streak. Toronto has won five straight in New York -- the Jays swept a four-game series at Yankee Stadium for the first time in franchise history May 22-25.

The six-foot-nine Hendrickson compared his first appearance at Yankee Stadium to the excitement of playing basketball in Madison Square Garden or the Forum.

"It's a fun atmosphere to pitch in," said Hendrickson, who was sent to the minors July 9 and made two solid starts before being recalled yesterday. He won for the first time in five big league starts since June 12 against Pittsburgh.

Once the game was halted because of the rain, it was called after the mandatory 30-minute wait. That gave Hendrickson (6-6) his first complete game even though reliever Scott Service was warming up on the mound to pitch the bottom of the eighth before the rain came.

"It's not the nine that you want, but I'm happy with the win," said Hendrickson, who was thrilled that his older brother, Steven, was visiting from Seattle and at Yankee Stadium to see his big game.

Hendrickson walked two in seven innings, redeeming himself after an awful outing against the Yankees in his first start of the season. The soft-tossing lefty was roughed up for seven runs and 10 hits in just 1 2/3 innings April 2 -- the shortest start of his career.

Hendrickson was much more effective this time, getting some nice defence from Bobby Kielty at first base as well.

"He pitches much better on the road than at home, which is something we're going to have to figure out," Toronto manager Carlos Tosca said.

Wells drove in three runs and Eric Hinske and Chris Woodward each had two RBIs for Toronto.

The drubbing was especially disappointing for Weaver because he was coming off his best start of a difficult year, a 6-2 win at Toronto on July 13.

"I think they were more disciplined than last time," Weaver said.

Kielty and Hinske started the fourth with consecutive doubles and Woodward added a two-out RBI single for a 2-0 lead. Toronto then chased Weaver with five straight hits in the fifth, including Wells' career-high 24th homer.

Wells added a two-out RBI single in the sixth off Sterling Hitchcock and Woodward had an RBI single in the seventh. Wells homered off Dan Miceli in the eighth, giving him four career multihomer games -- three this season.

BLUE JAYS 8

YANKEES 0