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Alejandro De Aza lined a two-out, two-R.B.I. double to right center to win the game for the White Sox.
CHICAGO — For eight and two-thirds innings Wednesday night, the Yankees appeared to have regained some sense of normalcy. Alex Rodriguez, they found out, will likely be with them for the rest of the season after appealing his 211-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. The offense finally showed signs of stirring, and C. C. Sabathia delivered his best outing in a month. The Yankees led by 4-3 with the stalwart closer Mariano Rivera in to pitch the ninth inning.
Whenever chaos has swirled around the Bronx for his nearly two decade career, Rivera has almost always remained a steady, calming presence — and something close to automatic with the game on the line.
Yet after receiving a standing ovation from the U.S. Cellular Field crowd Wednesday when he was summoned to protect the Yankees' ninth-inning lead, he faltered. Rivera retired the first two batters he faced, but Gordon Beckham doubled to right-center field and Adam Dunn lined an 0-2 pitch for a single to left field to tie the score.
Three innings later, after a Robinson Cano home run had given the Yankees a 5-4 lead, Adam Warren could not close out the White Sox. Alejandro De Aza lined a two-out, two-R.B.I. triple to right-center field capping another rally that began with two outs and the bases empty.
It was the latest blow in a season that is suddenly very quickly slipping away from the Yankees.
"This one feels worse because we came out today playing hard, not that we weren't trying to do that, but we had a chance," Rivera said. "We had two chances, and we couldn't hold one of them. That's bad. We cannot do that. It's unacceptable."
Before the game, Rodriguez did not want to talk about the new development in his ongoing saga. A ruling on his official appeal is not expected until after the season, ending the speculation over the length of his stay with the Yankees and offering at least some short-term clarity in what has been a murky and complex process.
"I have no reaction," Rodriguez said curtly.
The Yankees began the day 10 ½ games behind the Boston Red Sox in the American League East and trailing the Texas Rangers by six games for the second wild card spot. Like Rodriguez, his teammates, too, pledged a renewed commitment to reviving a season teetering on the brink of irrelevance with 50 games left entering Wednesday. The team held a meeting after Monday's loss to address a lack of focus and urgency.
They are now 0-2 since that meeting.
For most of the night the Yankees, now losers of 14 of their last 20 games, followed a more hopeful script. Sabathia, the big, sturdy left-hander, turned in a much-improved start after entering the game leading the American League in two rather ignominious categories, having allowed 168 hits and 82 earned runs. He went seven and a third innings, struck out one, walked none and allowed three runs on five hits. He was in line to earn his first win since July 3.
Alfonso Soriano provided the early support for Sabathia, crushing a two-run homer to left field in the first inning after Brett Gardner led off the game with a bunt single. It was Soriano's second home run with the Yankees since he was acquired from the Chicago Cubs last month.
The Yankees added a run in the third inning when Vernon Wells blooped a single in front of right fielder Alex Rios after Soriano had walked and Rodriguez singled. Eduardo Nunez hit his first home run of the season an inning later.
It was the first time the Yankees scored more than three runs since July 28, a stretch of seven games.
As for Rodriguez, he was back at third base after receiving a rest at D.H. Tuesday. Boos again greeted him each time he stepped in the batter's box.
He singled to left in the third, but finished 1 for 5, including a ground out to third with a runner on third in the 10th inning.
"It would have been great to get a hit there," he said, adding, "This one really hurts. That was unbelievable."
INSIDE PITCH
Before the game, Manager Joe Girardi again expressed his displeasure with the U.S. Cellular Field crowd for cheering after Alex Rodriguez was hit by a pitch during Tuesday's game. "I had an issue with last night," he said. "That's a concern of mine. That's a societal thing." Rodriguez said he did not hear the cheers. ...With two hits Wednesday, Alfonso Soriano now has 1,999 in his career.
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