FINAL PLAYOFF UPDATE-2013

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 , 2013

"BITTER ... BUMMER"
NY LOSES PLAYOFF TRY IN LAST GAME

BY MARVIN TELK

SPORTSWRITER

http://www.theultimateshow2011.blogspot.com/

KANSAS CITY - THE YANKEES STREAKED UNTIL THEY COULD STREAK NO MORE,

WITH A PLETHORA OF ONE-GAME PLAYOFF SPOTS ON THE LINE, THE YANKEES COULDN'T PUT TOGETHER A WIN IN GAME NO. 162, A 4-3 DEFEAT TO THE ROYALS.

"IT'S BITTER, NO DOUBT," SAID MANAGER JOE GIRARDI. "IT'S A BUMMER."

THE LOST LEFT NEW YORK AND THE BLUE JAYS BOTH AT 86-76, A SINGLE GAME BEHIND DIVISION CHAMP BOSTON. THE ANGELS, MARINERS AND WHITE SOX ALL FINISHED IN THE WILD CARD LEAD AT 87-75, WITH THE YANKEES AND TORONTO A GAME SHORT THERE ALSO.

THE YANKEES' STREAKY SEPTEMBER WENT LIKE THIS:

LOSE 2
WIN 1
LOSE 3
WIN 2
LOSE 1
WIN 1
LOSE 2
WIN 4
LOSE 3
WIN 3
LOSE 3
WIN 4 (INCLUDING OCT 1-2)
LOSE 1 (OCT. 3)

"I GUESS THAT PUTS US ABOUT 50 PERCENT TO WIN OR LOSE A PLAYOFF GAME," GIRARDI SAID. "SHAME WE DIDN'T GET TO FIND OUT."