O.K., I’m starting to see the point where the Yankees offense is a big part of the problem for New York this season. Via Baseball-Reference.com’s Play Index Team Batting Game Finder, these are the number of losses, per team, in the A.L. this season where the team has scored two runs or less:

 Tm  Year Games Link to Individual Games
+---+----+-----+-------------------------+
 OAK 2008    45 Ind. Games
 DET 2008    36 Ind. Games
 KCR 2008    35 Ind. Games
 SEA 2008    34 Ind. Games
 TOR 2008    32 Ind. Games
 CLE 2008    32 Ind. Games
 NYY 2008    30 Ind. Games
 CHW 2008    30 Ind. Games
 MIN 2008    29 Ind. Games
 BAL 2008    29 Ind. Games
 TBR 2008    28 Ind. Games
 TEX 2008    21 Ind. Games
 LAA 2008    21 Ind. Games
 BOS 2008    21 Ind. Games

Note that the White Sox have just as many “<=2 runs scored losses” as the Yankees – but, they’re in first place – at this moment. So, go figure, eh?