Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4: Yankees Fall in the 14th, Stalling Playoff Charge
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Gregg Zaun homered in the 14th inning for the Blue Jays, trimming the Yankeesâ wild-card lead to 4.5 games.
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For a flickering moment, there was a race in the American League East, when the Yankees cut the margin to four games eight days ago. But there is no more. At least not now.
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Bostonâs victory dropped the Yankees 5 1/2 games back of the first-place Red Sox with a little more than two weeks to play.
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Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.
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Brown held Toronto to one hit through five sharp innings, though the Toronto Blue Jays beat New York 4-2 on Saturday behind Roy Halladay.
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The New York Yankees clinched their 13th consecutive playoff appearance with a crushing 12-4 road victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday.
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The New York Yankees are struggling to score and their once-huge lead in the AL East is suddenly shrinking. Manager Joe Torre refuses to panic just yet.
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Hold the champagne. Another big home run by Alex Rodriguez wasn't enough to help the New York Yankees clinch a 13th straight playoff appearance.
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The New York Yankees couldn&#039;t quite wipe out memories of the second-worst loss in franchise history in 24 hours.
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With a chance to secure at least the American League wild card, the Yankeesâ bullpen crumbled in a loss to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 10 innings.
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NEW YORK - With the chance to clinch a playoff berth within their grasp, the New York Yankees let it slip away - at least for a day.
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The Toronto Blue Jays rallied for three seventh-inning runs off Chien-Ming Wang and ended the New York Yankees' five-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory in American League play on Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- With an epic defeat, the New York Yankees' hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous.
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Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, and Bernie Williams each homered and the New York Yankees held on for an 8-7 victory over the Blue Jays last night in Toronto. Esteban Loaiza failed to make it out of the fifth inning in another poor start since being acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a July 31 trade for Jose Contreras.
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Poor relief pitching plagued the Yankees Friday, as the bullpen gave up three runs in the fifth inning and four more in the sixth.
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Alex Rodriguez helped the New York Yankees end their five-game losing streak with his bat &#151; and his mouth, apparently. Rodriguez appeared to distract Toronto third baseman Howie Clark on a key popup late in the game, touching off arguments all over the field, and the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 10-5 Wednesday night.
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With their record a game under .500, a serious playoff push no longer seems inevitable for the Yankees, and the American League East crown seems virtually unattainable.