NEW YORK – With New York quickly falling behind the Rays, the fans at Yankee Stadium were left with getting worked up over whether they would get their Mariano Rivera bobblehead dolls.

The Yankees wasted several opportunities against the wild Matt Moore in a 7-0 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday night that pushed them to the brink of missing out on the postseason for the second time in 19 years.

“This is not a good feeling,” manager Joe Girardi said. “It hurts.”

Tampa Bay roughed up Hiroki Kuroda (11-13) in tightening its grip on an AL wild-card spot with its fifth straight win. Matt Joyce had a leadoff homer as the Rays jumped ahead 3-0 in the first and David DeJesus had two RBI doubles.

The Yankees trail the Indians, who won 5-4, by five games — and also are behind the Rangers and Royals. The Yankees would be eliminated Wednesday if Cleveland wins or they lose.

After the Rays went up 3-0, the biggest concern for the eerily quiet late-season crowd of 43,407 was if the Rivera bobblehead dolls would arrive before the end of the game. The figurines were delayed by train and truck trouble in a cross-country journey, and the Yankees were forced to give out vouchers to the first 18,000 fans entitled to one of the promotional gifts in tribute to the retiring career saves leader.

When it was learned the collectibles were going to be late, the Yankees delayed the opening of the gates for 30 minutes so the vouchers could be printed.

Alas, the bobbleheads arrived in the third inning.

The Yankees’ bats didn’t.

Ichiro Suzuki got New York’s first hit in the bottom of third and Alex Rodriguez and Alfonso Soriano walked to load the bases but Mark Reynolds popped out to right field and Eduardo Nunez grounded into a fielder’s choice.

“We all know the situation, but you can’t win ballgames when you can’t put runs on the board,” said Vernon Wells, who was 0-for-4. “You give their pitcher credit but we had opportunities and didn’t come through.”

Ichiro finished 1-for-4.

Kuroda has yielded 23 of his 77 runs allowed this season in the first inning.

Kuroda settled down after the first and held Tampa Bay hitless until the sixth, when James Loney doubled with the bases loaded to drive in two runs.

Kuroda extended his winless skid to eight starts, matching a career worst first done in 2008 with the Dodgers. The 38-year-old right-hander was having one of his best seasons until he was hit hard Aug. 17 at Boston. This time, he allowed five runs and five hits in 5⅔ innings.

“I’m really disappointed I’m not contributing to the team,” Kuroda said through a translator.

Rangers 3, Astros 2

In Arlington, Texas, Adrian Beltre homered at home for the first time in more than a month and the Rangers stayed close in the wild-card race.

Texas starter Yu Darvish threw 101 pitches but failed to get past the sixth inning for the third time in his five starts in September, even while going over 200 innings for the season. The right-hander also immediately gave up a Rangers lead for the fifth time this year.

“I was just trying to survive each inning and try to do the best I can in that situation and that’s it,” Darvish said through his translator. “The most important thing right now is to win a game. I was able to keep us in the game, and that’s all I can say.”

Darvish struck out nine and walked four while allowing four hits in 5⅓ innings. Twice this season, Darvish took no-hit bids against Houston into the eighth inning.

Indians 5, White Sox 4

In Cleveland, pinch hitter Jason Giambi belted a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Indians a stunning win over Chicago.

Tigers 4, Twins 2

In Minneapolis, Doug Fister struck out seven and the Tigers homered three times in the fourth inning to clinch a playoff berth.

Blue Jays 3, Orioles 2 (10)

In Baltimore, the Blue Jays eliminated the Orioles from the playoff hunt, using two clutch RBI singles by Mark DeRosa.

Munenori Kawasaki finished 1-for-3 for Toronto.

Mariners 4, Royals 0

In Seattle, Justin Smoak hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning and the Mariners beat Kansas City.

Angels 3, Athletics 0

In Anaheim, Jason Vargas earned his second shutout of the season with a four-hitter and Howie Kendrick homered.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cardinals 2, Nationals 0

In St. Louis, Cardinals rookie Michael Wacha lost his no-hit bid on Ryan Zimmerman’s infield single with two outs in the ninth.

Pirates 8, Cubs 2

In Chicago, Gerrit Cole threw six strong innings, helping Pittsburgh take the NL wild-card lead.

Mets 4, Reds 2

In Cincinnati, Daniel Murphy hit a three-run homer off Mike Leake, and the Mets dealt the Reds a costly setback to their hopes of a second straight NL Central title.

Braves 3, Brewers 2

In Atlanta, Andrelton Simmons hit a game-ending RBI single with two outs in the ninth.

Norichika Aoki went 1-for-4 for the Brewers.

Phillies 2, Marlins 1

In Miami, Darin Ruf and Kevin Frandsen each drove in a run in the first inning, and the Phillies handed the Marlins their 100th loss of the season.

Diamondbacks 2, Padres 1 (12)

In Phoenix, Didi Gregorius tripled home the tiebreaking run in the 12th inning.

Dodgers 2, Giants 1

In San Francisco, Ryu Hyun-jin and two relievers combined on a five-hitter.

INTERLEAGUE

Rockies 8, Red Sox 3

In Denver, Charlie Blackmon hit his first career leadoff homer.