TORONTO — Hours after learning Masahiro Tanaka's comeback from a torn UCL was taking a break because of general arm soreness and not because of pain in his elbow, the Yankees kept their postseason hopes alive Friday night at Rogers Centre.
Through six innings, it appeared a solid pitching performance by Chris Capuano was going to be wasted because the Yankees couldn't score. That changed in the seventh when the visitors plated five runs to back Capuano's pitching in a 6-3 victory that was witnessed by 43,318.
The Yankees' seventh win in nine games allowed them to remain seven games back of the AL East-leading Orioles. They were waiting to see how the Tigers and Mariners, who were tied for the second wild card spot, made out later Thursday night. The 70-63 Yankees began the night three games behind them.
"[Capuano] has pitched real well. Every game he has given us an opportunity to win,'' Joe Girardi said before the left-hander pitched into the seventh inning and got his first win with the Yankees, improving to 1-2.
Adam Warren provided 1 ¹/₃ innings of relief and after Josh Outman, acquired from the Indians on Thursday, gave up a two-out single in the eighth, David Robertson recorded the final four outs for his 35th save in 38 chances.
Jacoby Ellsbury homered in the five-run seventh and Chase Headley, who struck out as a pinch-hitter for Stephen Drew in the seventh and stayed in the game, opened the ninth with a homer to center for a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, a one-out walk to Colby Rasmus was followed by a Kevin Pillar's double to left-center. Jose Reyes followed with a grounder toward the hole at short that Derek Jeter fielded but threw low to first. That allowed Rasmus to score and Pillar to reach third.
Warren was summoned and got Melky Cabrera on a fly to Brett Gardner in left. His throw to the plate was on line and ahead of Pillar, but it got by Brian McCann and Pillar scored. Since Reyes took second on the play, Gardner was charged with the Yankees' second error of the inning.
Warren kept the inning alive by hitting Jose Bautista on the right hand with a 95-mph fastball, but stranded two runners when Juan Encarnacion flied to right.
In 6 ¹/₃ innings Capuano allowed three runs and eight hits.
Trailing, 1-0, at the start of the seventh against lefty Mark Buehrle, the Yankees scored five runs to take the lead.
Buehrle, who is 1-13 lifetime against the Yankees and has lost his last 11 decisions against them, allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
McCann doubled to right leading off the seventh and Carlos Beltran worked the count from 1-2 to a 3-2 walk. Gardner, who had seven hits in 51 at-bats, doubled to the wall in right. McCann scored easily and when the throw to third went past the bag, Beltran scored and Gardner got to third.
Ichiro Suzuki reached on an infield single and lefty Aaron Loup replaced Buehrle with the left-handed hitting Drew due up. Girardi sent switch-hitter Headley to face Loup. Headley struck out looking.
With Ellsbury up next, catcher Dioner Navarro attempted to pick Gardner off third and threw the ball into left field to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead. The error ushered Ichiro to second.
Ellsbury then sent a 1-1 liner over the right-field fence for his 14th homer and a 5-1 Yankees cushion.
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