BALTIMORE — The opportunity stared at the Yankees from the rightfield scoreboard.

It showed the Blue Jays, whom the Yankees are trying to track down to capture the AL East title, getting blown out in the early going in Kansas City.

The Yankees had a chance to climb within two games of Toronto (which fell behind by 13 runs in the seventh inning) with a victory but did not seize the opportunity. They were handcuffed for six innings by star lefthander Trevor Rogers, committed two key errors that led to two unearned runs in the sixth inning and were unable to come up with enough big hits against a shaky bullpen in a 4-2 loss in front of 26,269 at Camden Yards.

With the Yankees (86-68) down 3-0 in the top of the seventh, Austin Slater singled with two outs and Jazz Chisholm Jr. electrified

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