Betances, Clippard can’t seal deal in Toronto

TORONTO — Even when things look like they’re about to go right for the Yankees, they haven’t been ending that way.

New York lost for the fourth consecutive time on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre, 4-3, with its reliable duo of Dellin Betances and Tyler Clippard unable to hang onto a late one-run lead.

The outing cost the Yankees more than just the game, as New York’s Wild Card elimination number dropped to two as it sits 5 1/2 games back of the Orioles for the second American League Wild Card with seven games remaining.

“It stinks,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “We’ve been fighting and fighting. You think about some of these games we’ve lost, they’ve been really tough. We’ve gotten good pitching performances, we’ve lost in a number of different ways. It’s just been tough.”

Both Betances and Clippard have been at the heart of New York’s second-half surge back into postseason contention.

Taking over the reigns as closer after the trades of Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller, Betances flourished during the Yankees’ 17-11 month of August, allowing just one run in the entire month. Clippard, who came over at the non-waiver Trade Deadline from Arizona, …

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