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Playoff Push: Yankees 5 games back with 5 to go

(Courtesy of Kathy Willens/AP Photo)

Last night, the Yankees were flat and lost to the Rays, falling 5 games back of the final Wild Card spot. With 5 games left, the Yankees playoff hopes are all but over. The same can’t be said about the Orioles, who were eliminated from the playoffs with their loss last night. Here are how the other teams in contention fared yesterday:

Rays: 7-0 win vs Yankees. Matt Moore walks 6 Yankees, but managed 5 shutout innings.

Indians: 5-4 win vs White Sox. Jason Giambi hits a pinch-hit walk-off home run for the Indians in the 9th.

Rangers: 3-2 win vs Astros. Yu Darvish strikes out 9 in only 5.1 innings of work.

Royals: 4-0 loss vs Mariners. James Paxton thwarts Royals bats; strikes out 10 in 7 innings of work.

Yankees: 7-0 loss vs Rays. Yankees only muster 4 hits in lifeless loss.

 

Wild Card Standings

WC 1 Rays 88-69 +1

WC 2 Indians 87-70 —

3 Rangers 86-71 1 GB

4 Royals 83-74 4 GB

5 Yankees 82-75 5 GB