"After years of scaling the highest peaks and spending very little time in the valleys, Mariano Rivera is one save away from ending the debate about who is the best closer in baseball history.

Moments after Rivera recorded the final three outs of a 7-6 Yankees win over the Blue Jays yesterday in front of 39,288 at Rogers Centre that pushed him into a tie with Trevor Hoffman for the top spot on the all-time list with 601, manager Joe Girardi boldly proclaimed the next save will separate his closer.

"Six-oh-two is a big one, that's the final stamp on the greatest closer of all time," Girardi said after Rivera helped the Yankees halt a two-game losing streak in a game they trailed 6-1 after four innings."