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With the bases loaded in the 12th inning, José Molina let a just-barely-too-inside fastball from Oakland reliever Lenny DiNardo hit him in the knee.

Roy Hallady threw two hits to shut out the Yankees and extend the Toronto Blue Jays’ home winning streak to six games.

It was another frustrating game at the plate for the Yankees, who used five pitchers against the burly offense of the Texas Rangers for their third defeat in a row.

The tandem of José Veras, Kyle Farnsworth and Mariano Rivera stifled the Mets on one hit over the final three innings to protect Andy Pettitte’s lead.

Nearly two weeks after Ian Kennedy was put on the disabled list, the Yankees’ rotation may no longer have a place for him.

Joba Chamberlain does not appear close to being a dominant major league starter, but that is the goal of this strange delayed spring training the Yankees are holding.

Joba Chamberlain pitched into the fifth inning but earned a second straight no-decision against Kansas City.

Dan Giese, a pitcher called up from the minors Tuesday to take Joba Chamberlain’s spot in the dugout, is about as anonymous as Chamberlain is famous.

Joba Chamberlain was wild in his first start, which lasted less than three innings, and the Blue Jays took advantage of a sloppy performance by a bullpen that misses him.

Hideki Irabu turned a midweek, midseason game in 1997 into a late October night, but the promise of a sparkling debut was ultimately left unfulfilled.