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Juan Soto and Cal Raleigh will be among the stars on display when the New York Yankees face the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday at 9:40 p.m. ET, at T-Mobile Park.The Yankees have the eighth-ranked

Given that the Yankees are currently three games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East with 12 games to go for both teams, the Yankees would need at least nine wins/Orioles' losses in order to finish the regular season with the same record as Baltimore. However, in that scenario, it is very likely that Baltimore would hold the tiebreaker.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS It's not often you get to celebrate two wins on a day you only play one game, but the Yankees and Brewers are more than happy to be the rare exceptions.

The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees became the first two teams to clinch spots in the 2024 MLB playoffs, earning respective tickets in the National League and American League.

Going into Thursday's series finale, the Seattle Mariners hadn't led at any point in two prior games against the New York Yankees and failed to score more than twice in either contest. The Mariners bucked both trends and put up three runs in the first inning en route to a 3-2 win over the Yankees.

Anthony Rizzo hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and drove in both runs for New York as the Yankees clinched a playoff spot with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, center, celebrates clinching a playoff spot with teammates, including catcher Austin Wells, right, after a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game Wednesday,