TORONTO — Sebastian Giovinco took over the MLS scoring lead with hat trick as Toronto FC beat the New England Revolution 4-1 on Saturday night at BMO Field.

The win stretches Toronto's home-unbeaten streak to nine games, and its current win streak to a season-best four games. TFC (10-7-6) moves a point back of New York City FC for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a game in hand on NYCFC.

Giovinco now has two three-goal games this season. His 15 goals lead all MLS players — two better than David Villa of NYCFC in the race for the Golden Boot.

The loss is the first for New England (6-9-8) in four visits to BMO Field. The Revs had not lost in Toronto since a 1-0 defeat on May 22, 2010, a stretch of six games.

The Atomic Ant got the Reds on the board in the 20th minute, putting the rebound off of Michael Bradley's strike past Revs keeper Bobby Shuttleworth.

The Revs had an excellent opportunity to tie the game at 1-1 in the 25th minute but Bradley, who returned to the Reds lineup after missing seven games due to a knee injury, managed to keep Kelyn Rowe's strike from finding the back of the net.

Four minutes later, Giovinco curled a shot into the far corner, from just outside the area, for his second of the half.

Toronto, playing for the third time in seven days, didn't look tired on Saturday. Even while up 2-0, the Reds had plenty of chances to add to the lead before the break.

In the 35th minute Tosaint Ricketts, who scored his first career MLS goal in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake, was sent in all alone by Jay Chapman, but put his shot right into the arms of Shuttleworth.

A minute later, Jonathan Osorio's strike from the top of the area just missed the top left corner of the goal.

The Reds added to their lead in the 76th minute when Darrius Barnes took down Osorio in the area. On the ensuing penalty kick, Giovinco beat Shuttleworth for a third time.

Teal Bunbury ruined the Reds' bid for a third consecutive shutout after re-directing a feed past Alex Bono for his second goal of the season in the 88th minute.

Jozy Altidore restored the three-goal lead in second-half stoppage time, beating Shuttleworth for his second goal of the season.