Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam in the third inning as the host New York Yankees continued their hot start with an 8-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon.After going 82-80 last season, the Yankees are off to an 8-2 start. It is their best 10-game start since the pandemic 2020 season and only the second time since 2003 the Yankees opened with eight wins in 10 games.Stanton snapped a 1-1 tie with two outs after Anthony Rizzo drew a tying walk on a full count against Toronto starter Bowden Francis (0-2). Stanton drove a 2-2 fastball off the facing of an advertisement below the second deck in right field, his second straight game with a home run.It was Stanton’s 11th career grand slam and first since his game-ending grand slam on Sept. 20, 2022 against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Anthony Volpe had three hits, scored on a wild pitch in the sixth and stole two bases in the eighth. Oswaldo Cabrera singled Volpe home and Juan Soto brought in Cabrera with a sacrifice fly in New York’s two-run eighth.New York starter Luis Gil allowed two runs on two hits in 4 1/3 innings but did not qualify for the win in his second start since returning from 2022 Tommy John surgery. The right-hander struck out eight and walked four in a 95-pitch outing.