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#CLINCHED in walk-off mode.
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– MLB (@MLB) September 23, 2018
NEW YORK — Around 7 pm, it was finally the Yankees.
North of the border, the Rays had just lost to the Blue Jays. A Yankees win would give them at least one place in the Wild Card game of the American League for the second year in a row.
An hour later, they celebrated one of their toughest wins of the year, a 3-2, 11-run victory over the Orioles at Yankee Stadium.
The crazy race of Didi Gregorius and his first slip were the decisive race.
Aaron Hicks defeated Paul Fry twice. The steamer Hicks vibrated in the corner. The third coach of the training, Phil Nevin, sent Gregorius home and the ball seemed to hit him as he slipped.
Gregorius immediately knelt down, stretched out his arms and his team rushed to greet him at home. Then they turned their attention to Hicks and celebrated it on the ground.
Just before the moment of clutch, Hicks missed a ball from his right foot and he doubled in pain – twice – as the Yankees coach checked him. Finally, he convinced manager Aaron Boone to let him stay in the game.
The final push started with Gregorius's straight-forward easy line ride with no outs.
Too close
Tommy Kahnle launched an 11th match just before Jonathan Holder took the Yankees to the 10th and immediately caused them trouble, charging with a withdrawal before escaping improbably.
Holder gave a double in the right corner to DJ Stewart.
In the next fight, Jonathan Villar bet on a second goal. The first baseman, Luke Voit, took a step forward, tried to get back into his bag, but he was too far away. Holder was not fast enough to beat a Villar, sliding his head first, and suddenly, there were riders in the corners without outs. Villar took second place on a stolen base without a jet to add pressure.
Didi Gregorius, a staunch supporter of the shortstop, pushed the Yankees to walk to Trey Mancini and charge drummer Chris Davis, who hit a string in Voit. Voit dived and took it for No. 2. Breyvic Valera came out right to end the threat.
All before
The solos of Aaron Hicks and Luke Voit gave the Yankees a two-run lead in the second run.
Around noon, Boone said at a press conference that he considered Hicks as one of the "most underrated players in the game". The central field player supported the compliment with a right field shot, his 26th of the year, a career high.
Then, after Miguel Andujar had a goal, but was sent off trying to stretch a double in the center right, Voit earned his 11th shot as a Yankee and 12th of the year. He traveled 430 feet and passed the Yankees platform in the center right field.
Receiver Gary Sanchez offered a third round to the Orioles.
He dropped a Lynn curve. He moved away from him for a past ball and a runner went from second to third place. A late bat, Cedric Mullins' stroking caress put the ball just ahead of Sanchez. He rushed on the head of the first base player Luke Voit and on the baseline. The rider scored third place and Mullins was safe at first.
In the fifth, the Yankees would have lost their heads, if not the arm of Aaron Judge.
Lynn, in his last run, gave Steve Wilkerson a double in the left field. When Caleb Joseph's baseball went through the hole on the right side, Wilkerson rounded up the third goal and brought home. The judge shot and launched Wilkerson at home by half a step. Sanchez scored Wilkerson's back leg as his front leg slid on the plate.
Still, Baltimore had the tie. DJ Stewart chose riders in corners to score a point. It was the third consecutive single that Lynn abandoned. Lynn did indeed run through the bases at the next bat, but third baseman Miguel Andujar made an impressive save on the back and scored the goal to end the inning.
Things to know
Aroldis Chapman, who was coming back from a long DL relay due to tendonitis in his left knee, was used in the seventh inning. He did not abandon the race and withdrew two.
The Yankees had a great chance to take the lead in the seventh.
Gleyber Torres doubled to left field and then placed third on a past ball. But he yielded immediately to the home on Andrew McCutchen's hard ground at third base. Caleb Joseph's house picked it up easily.
Dellin Betances, who played his third game in a row, was eighth without goal.
Oriole Zach Britton, a longtime, has managed the ninth round for the Yankees.
Next
Yankees lefty J.A. Happ (16-6, 3.62 ERA) against the Orioles on the right Alex Cobb (5-15, 4.90 ERA) at 1:05 pm Sunday at the Yankee Stadium.
Brendan Kuty can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @BrendanKutyNJ. Find NJ.com Yankees on Facebook.
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