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Fiery Aaron Boone implores New York Yankees 'to play better' after losing for 15th time in 19 games

NEW YORK -- Yankees ace Gerrit Cole twice banged on the dugout roof, shouting in frustration and getting booed as scuffling New York lost for the 15th time in 19 games, beaten by the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Saturday.

The AL East-leading Yankees fell to 9-20 since entering the All-Star break with a 64-28 record. After holding a 15 1/2-game bulge on July 8, their margin over second-place Toronto is down to seven games.

New York manager Aaron Boone, who showed some frustration after Friday's loss in his postgame press conference, took it to another level on Saturday when assessing where his team is.