Before I go down to the clubhouse, let's go over a few playoff scenarios.
1) If the Yankees win tonight and the Orioles lose, the Yankees are the AL East champions.
2) The Yankees can not clinch home field tonight.
3) If the Yankees win the next two games, they will own home field.
4) If the Yankees were to split their next two games and the Orioles were to lose one and the Rangers or the A's were to win their next two, Texas or Oakland would be the No. 1 seed.
In this scenario, Texas, with two wins, would beat the Yankees because of one more win. The A's, with two more wins and a Yankee loss, would have the same record as the Yankees and own the tiebreak.
There are other scenarios, but hope this helps.
1) If the Yankees win tonight and the Orioles lose, the Yankees are the AL East champions.
2) The Yankees can not clinch home field tonight.
3) If the Yankees win the next two games, they will own home field.
4) If the Yankees were to split their next two games and the Orioles were to lose one and the Rangers or the A's were to win their next two, Texas or Oakland would be the No. 1 seed.
In this scenario, Texas, with two wins, would beat the Yankees because of one more win. The A's, with two more wins and a Yankee loss, would have the same record as the Yankees and own the tiebreak.
There are other scenarios, but hope this helps.
Andrew Marchand
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Updated Kuroda story http://t.co/Gcc8GWOwOj He is expected to be OK
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Rapid Reaction: Orioles 6, Yankees 3 http://t.co/TBr2zf5FEg
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Girardi said he'd be shocked if Kuroda didn't make his next start.
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Yankees lose to the O's. The bigger story will be the severity of Kuroda's calf injury.
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David Adams is good. Another homer. Yanks down 6-3, no outs in the 9th.
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Yanks' Kuroda hit in calf with liner, later leaves http://t.co/Gcc8GWOwOj
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Kuroda left with a bruised right calf, according to Yanks
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Nice call by the Binder, who said Granderson's swing was coming around. HR, double and a single tonight. We are in the 5th.
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Kuroda hit hard & hurt? http://t.co/u16pdZ3bW4
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No word yet if Kuroda is hurt or Girardi just pulled him because of his ineffectiveness.
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Kuroda lifted
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He drove home Granderson, who had his first extra base hit of the season.
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Cano gets one back for the Yankees with an RBI single.
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Outfield tryouts begin now. http://t.co/35wsb70wFw (h/t @DPLennon)
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Orioles really hitting Kuroda hard. He'll stay in.
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Many guys have trouble recovering after being crushed early, but Kuroda has a great ability to find another way to get guys out.
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UPCOMING GAMES
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| NYY | 28-18 | 15-9 | 13-9 | L2 | |
| TAM | 24-22 | 14-8 | 10-14 | L1 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| NYY | 28-18 | 15-9 | 13-9 | L2 | |
| TAM | 24-22 | 14-8 | 10-14 | L1 |
| W-L | HM | AW | STK | L10 | |
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| NYY | 28-18 | 15-9 | 13-9 | L2 | |
| TAM | 24-22 | 14-8 | 10-14 | L1 |
TEAM LEADERS
| BA LEADER | ||||||||||||
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Robinson Cano
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| HR | R. Cano | 13 | ||||||||||
| RBI | R. Cano | 33 | ||||||||||
| R | R. Cano | 26 | ||||||||||
| OPS | R. Cano | .891 | ||||||||||
| W | H. Kuroda | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | H. Kuroda | 2.67 | ||||||||||
| SO | C. Sabathia | 56 | ||||||||||
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