NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees took one more step Saturday toward doing something they haven't done in more than two decades: fail to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons.
The Bombers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Saturday to end a three-game winning streak and put their postseason hopes on life support.
The Yankees are 4.5 out of the second wild card in the American League -- a deficit that is all but insurmountable with eight games to play.
They haven't missed the postseason in back-to-back years since going from 1982-1993 without an appearance.
They trail Cleveland, Seattle and Kansas City in the standings. (The Indians play later Saturday. With a loss, they would fall into a tie with the Yanks.)
A good day for Jeter: Derek Jeter finished the day 2-for-5 and drilled a double into left to drive in a run in the ninth.
On the homestand, Jeter is 6-for-13 with a home run.
In the third, Jeter got what, at the time, was a key two-out hit and scored a historic run.
He reached on an infield single that glanced off of the glove of Blue Jays second baseman Steve Tolleson with two outs in the bottom of the third. Jeter then reached second on a wild pitch and scored on Yankees catcher Brian McCann's single to left field.
The run tied the game at 1-1 for the Yankees and moved Jeter to ninth on baseball's all-time runs scored list, one ahead of Alex Rodriguez.
Even if the Yankees don't advance up the standings in the coming days, it will be interesting to see how many games Jeter plays after they are mathematically eliminated (assuming they are).
Last season, Jeter was sidelined during the time they were eliminated from the playoffs. In 2008, the Yankees were eliminated on Sept. 23 after which Jeter started one game -- Sept. 26.
To date, Jeter has started only one game in his career when the Yankees have not been in playoff contention, according to Elias.
A bad day for Tex: Mark Teixeira was booed following a third-inning strikeout. He was then removed from the game due to soreness in his right wrist. The team said Teixeira would be evaluated by team doctor Chris Ahmad. We will have more on Teixeira's injury as it becomes available. He had surgery on the wrist last season and was limited to just 15 games due to the injury.
A bad day for Capuano: Yankees starter Chris Capuano gave up four runs on five hits over 5 ⅔ innings. He walked four and struck out two. Capuano's biggest hurdle came in the sixth inning when the Jays loaded the bases following a misplay by Stephen Drew at second base.
Capuano gave up a two-run double to Danny Valencia that put Toronto up 4-2. Prior to Saturday's loss, the Yankees had won four of Capuano's past five starts.
Tomorrow: The Yankees face the Blue Jays. First pitch is at 1 p.m. Tanaka vs. Drew Hutchison.