NEW YORK -- If Robinson Cano was given a do-over, he might have attacked Saturday's seventh-inning grounder differently. But the Yankees second baseman has no intention of changing the way he plays.

Cano's error on Lyle Overbay's potential double-play ball opened the door for the Blue Jays to rally from a four-run deficit and defeat the Yankees, 7-6, in a game that manager Joe Girardi said the club needed to win.

Cano attempted to power feed Overbay's bouncer to Derek Jeter with a backhand flip, but the toss skipped under Jeter's glove. Instead of two outs and none on, the Blue Jays had runners at the corners with no outs against Darrell Rasner, eventually putting up three runs in the frame.

Cano did not speak to reporters after Saturday's game, slipping out while Alex Rodriguez held court. But after watching a replay, he addressed his miscue on Sunday.

"I should have taken it, straightened up and then threw it," Cano said. "People always watch the bad things. I don't want to make an error. I would like to be perfect and be the best guy out there. But I'm human and I'm going to make mistakes."

The 25-year-old Cano has drawn criticism for what has been perceived as a "nonchalant" style of play, a comment that both Cano and Girardi have disputed. Girardi said that he believes Cano's fluid defensive style leads observers to make an incorrect assumption.

"It's interesting -- when he looks really smooth, people don't consider him nonchalant," Girardi said. "When he makes a play like that, all of a sudden he's nonchalant. I look at Robbie Alomar. Robbie Alomar had a smoothness to him when he played. Some guys are gifted with that."

Girardi said that he believed on the play in question, Cano did not have his feet in the proper position to make the type of feed he attempted.

"The key is making sure you get the one out," Girardi said. "To me, he got his feet tangled up a little bit and that's why he made a bad throw."

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Cano signed a four-year, $30 million extension with New York before the 2008 season and has experienced a down campaign. He entered Sunday's series finale with the Blue Jays batting .271 with 13 home runs and 60 RBIs in 132 games, and said that he had no intention of changing the style he plays.

"That's the same way that I played in the Minor Leagues," Cano said. "It's not that I want to be like that. You see I'm getting here early every day and I work hard. It's not like I'm going to work hard and then be smooth. That's the way I play."