NEW YORK -- Another night has passed, and the New York Yankees have slipped yet another game deeper into the American League East standings.
The combination Friday of New York's 7-5 loss to the crosstown-rival New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox's 1-0 win over Detroit pushed the Yankees into a 5.5-game deficit behind the Red Sox in the division.
Despite that, their manager still isn't pressing the panic button.
"I can't look at the scoreboard and will it the other way, unfortunately," Aaron Boone said after this latest loss, the Yankees' fourth in seven games.