It hasn’t been easy for the Yankees since the All-Star break. They split the first six games, and they left Toronto on Wednesday with a bad taste in their mouths because they didn’t gain any ground on the first-place Blue Jays in the American League East race.

In the first season of interleague play in 1997, a 94-loss edition of the Philadelphia Phillies pulled off a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees, the then-reigning World Series champions.

After another error-riddled game, Yankees observers and fans say that manager Aaron Boone is near the end of his tenure in the Bronx.

After opening their post All-Star break schedule with a series at Atlanta, the Yankees arrive in Toronto to start a three-game series Monday against the AL East-leading Blue Jays.

Once eight games in front of the Blue Jays in late May, the Yankees have been victimized by a stunning swap of 12 1/2 games in the AL East standings.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Anthony Volpe has made “a few too many” fielding errors this season after the shortstop made his 12th miscue of the season in Monday’s 4-1 loss at Toronto.

TORONTO — Jazz Chisholm was a triple-threat star in a unique way Tuesday night when the Yankees finally won a game at Rogers Center after five straight losses in a span of 23 days.

Tempers flared in Wednesday night's top of the seventh at Rogers Centre, when the Yankees protested a called third strike against Anthony Volpe.

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