Coming off a series loss to Cleveland, including a one-hit shutout at the hands of Bartolo Colón in the finale, it wasn’t quite a five-alarm fire in New York yet. Sure, the Yankees had looked awful in Cleveland, outscored 31-11, but a stretch of four losses in five games had only reduced their AL East to seven games. With 14 games to go, the Yankees were in no trouble, and still just had to focus on keeping things tight and sorting out the edges of their playoff roster.

But after a trip to Toronto started with another horrendous loss, a few more alarms may have started to go off.

September 19: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 16 (box score)

Record: 85-64 (6.0 GA in AL East)

This should have been a promising matchup for the Yankees; David Wells was scratched, forcing Steve Trachsel, who’d struggled

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