Yankees playoff hopes hit by loss to Blue Jays
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The New York Yankees' hopes of gaining an automatic playoff spot suffered a setback with a 4-1 home defeat by the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.
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The struggling New York Yankees lost  11-6 to the Red Sox on Saturday and found out they would not be  getting Roger Clemens back as quickly as they had planned.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - It&#39;s a scenario few would have predicted - the New York Yankees are on the verge of sweeping the Boston Red Sox out of the playoffs in four straight games.
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Gregg Zaun homered in the 14th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays stalled New York's playoff charge, bouncing back for a 5-4 victory over the Yankees after blowing a four-run lead in the ninth.
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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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Manager Joe Torre guided the Yankees out of an early-season morass and into the playoffs, but his future is no safer now than it was on opening day.
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NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown broke his non-throwing hand punching a clubhouse wall in frustration during the New York's 3-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night.    The pitching-weak Yankees, whose AL East lead over second-place Boston was cut to 2 1/2 games, did not immediately know how long the right-hander would be sidelined...
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The Yankees continue to struggle to qualify for the American League playoffs for the 12th consecutive year. And it may already be too late.
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Another year is over, and another chance is gone. The Yankees shuffled meekly from the postseason stage Saturday, falling to the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of their American League division series.
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Minneapolis -- They were down by four runs. They were five outs from defeat. Hmmm. You think the Yankees were actually worried about losing?
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It wasnât the New York Yankees who were hurt most by Mondayâs 6-3 loss to last-place Toronto in front of a turnstile count of just over 10,000 at Yankee Stadium.
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The last time he faced the Yankees, Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins were knocked out of the American League playoffs.
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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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The Toronto Blue Jays are finished for the season with the Boston Red Sox, but there was no chance for a sigh of relief after losing the season series 5-14.
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Vernon Wells hits a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning as the Blue Jays rallies past the Yankees, 5-4, sending Orlando Hernandez to his first loss.
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The reeling Seattle Mariners lost their ninth straight game as the Toronto Blue Jays completed a three-game series sweep with a 6-4 win on Sunday.
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The Yankees lost their final home game of the regular season Monday. But if all goes according to plan, they will be back next week for the American League divisional series.