TORONTO - The Yankees' hot streak of late hasn't been difficult to figure out.
"You look at the stretch we've been in, we've gotten pitching up and down, all 12 guys," said Joe Girardi, whose club entered Monday having won 13 of 16. "Our pitching has been really good."
It was again Monday night, but not quite good enough.
Just about all of the blame for the Yankees' 3-1 loss to the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre could be pinned on an unproductive offense that wasted an outstanding start by Chase Whitley.
Whitley, Masahiro Tanaka's replacement in the rotation, allowed six hits and no walks with six strikeouts in seven shutout innings, lowering his ERA to 0.