Cano Leaves Game After Taking a Pitch Off His Hand TORONTO - Through all the Yankees injuries this year, the only good news was that Robinson Cano did not get caught in the unrelenting storm. But that may have changed Tuesday after Cano was struck on the left hand by a pitch from J. A. Happ of the Toronto Blue Jays in the first inning. Cano was in obvious pain and required attention from the trainer Steve Donohue. He remained in the game to run the bases, but when the Yankees took the field in the top of the first Cano was gone, presumably to have X-rays taken. Happ was the same pitcher who hit Curtis Granderson in spring training, breaking his right forearm and forcing Granderson to miss the first six weeks of the season. Cano has been the model of durability for the Yankees, playing in all 132 games, including Tuesday's. Last year he played in 161 out of a possible 162. Since 2007, he has never played in fewer than 159. The Yankees are in a desperate fight for a playoff spot and just got Derek Jeter back Monday night after a third stint on the disabled list. Entering Tuesday, the Yankees were four and a half games behind the Oakland Athletics in the race for the American League's second wild-card spot. Those chances were always enhanced with Cano, who is batting .305 with 24 home runs, 27 doubles and 85 runs batted in, while playing his usual excellent defense. Without him, it would be a much greater challenge.