It's not often that a day of playoff baseball starts with the potential for four teams to be sent packing and the postseason field to be slashed in half, but that was the scenario entering play on Wednesday.

The offense that led the majors in scoring during the regular season went silent at the worst time, the Yankees mustering just six hits against a parade of relievers in a 5-2 loss to the Blue Jays in front of a restless sellout crowd of 47,823.