But to the relief of Cano and the Yankees, this particular X-ray came back negative. Cano was listed as day-to-day with a contusion as the ball hit the fleshy part of the side of his hand. He said he hoped to be able to play again Friday, and with the Yankees down to 30 games on their regular-season schedule, they cannot afford to play too many games without him.

“Every hand that has been X-rayed has come back poorly,” Girardi said. “We had to go to another country to get a good one.”

This being the Yankees, though, there was even one more injury scare. Eduardo Nunez, who replaced Cano at second base, caught his spike in a seam in the artificial turf in the eighth inning and fell to the ground in apparent agony. He twisted his knee and had to be replaced in the ninth inning by Mark Reynolds, a corner infielder who had only played two innings at second base in the majors.

Nunez was later cleared of a serious injury, but he is questionable for Wednesday’s series finale.

With all that, the Yankees still managed to prevail over the Blue Jays, 7-1, behind a good performance by Andy Pettitte and a barrage of power. Alfonso Soriano hit two home runs to give him 400 for his career, including a towering three-run shot in the first inning that landed in the third deck of the Rogers Centre press level.

It came on the first pitch, as did his second blast, leading off the third inning for his 400th, giving him two homers in the first two pitches he saw.