It Gets Worse And Worse

With Pettitte pitching from the stretch and his back turned to third base, Toronto's Aaron Hill broke for the plate. Caught completely offguard and thinking that perhaps he had been called for a balk, Pettitte hesitated throwing home just enough to allow Hill to score a split-second ahead of Jorge Posada's swiping tag. The steal of home plate - one of the rarest and most exciting plays in baseball - gave the Jays a 2-1 advantage, and though the Yankees would come back to tie the game in the 8th inning, it never felt as if they were quite able to grab the momentum back from the home team. The Jays regained the lead in the bottom of the 8th and held on to win by a score of 3-2. The loss is the fifth straight for the Yankees, and their 9th defeat in their last 12 games. The team is tied for last place in the division, and trails the division-leading Red Sox by 14 1/2 games.