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While that may not end up playing into what happens on Tuesday night, those numbers at least do fall in the favor of the Yankees.

The Yankees won their 10,000 game as a franchise in the regular season and they will be in the AL Wild Card game with the Houston Astros, Angels or Minnesota Twins as potential opponents.

This is, after all, the sport where many fans believe a single trade or expelling a goat from the stadium caused decades-long championship droughts.

Looking strictly at the other contenders for the second Wild Card spot, the Astros are at 53 percent, the Angels are at 22 percent, and the Twins are at 5 percent.

“Don’t try to force it, just do our job and win series”.

Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron hit home runs and Mike Trout had three hits as the Angels scored eight runs on 14 hits.

Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, top, watches his double as Seattle… The Angels are 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Astros for the second wild card and also have to fight off the Minnesota Twins to claim that spot. Giavotella had been sidelined for five weeks because of...

One pitch changed the course of the game Tuesday at the start of a critical series between Cleveland and Minnesota. Salazar had one of his best starts the last time he faced Minnesota on May 10, allowing one run and one hit while matching a season high with 11 strikeouts in seven...

Houston Astros’ Hank Conger jogs back to the dugout after grounding…

Houston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, September 21, 2015, in Houston. They entered the key three-game stop in Houston having won their previous three series.

Rays shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera launched a sacrifice fly to left-center field in the fifth inning to score right fielder Brandon Guyer, and pinch hitter John Jaso greeted Astros right-hander Josh Fields with an RBI single to left after Kazmir allowed a pair of baserunners to...

When he struggled on the Giants’ last road trip Chris Heston was unsparing in his self-criticism.

Bumgarner goes for his 80th career victory after winning four of his last five starts, including 7 1/3 innings of one-run ball last time out at Atlanta.

Big Papi homered twice and drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to an 11-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. “I’m not rebuffing what the philosophy has been either”, said Cherington. This afternoon, Alfredo Simon goes up...

As shitty as this team was against the Angels, they have the talent to pull out a few wins, and I’m not convinced the Yankees are ready to pull away with the division quite yet.