You couldn’t have written a better time. At the top of the ninth inning, the New York Yankees they were down for a run. With runners at second and third base with one out, the thousand-battle veteran left-hander, Brett gardner, went into the batting box.
When the rain began to fall in Camden Yards Oriole ParkExperienced outfielder Gardner hit a two-run single that fell to left-center field, leading the Yankees to a close 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles:
Wins are everything for the Yankees (82-64) right now as they move into October baseball. With their latest win, they kept pace in the American League wild card race with the Toronto Blue Jays (82-64) and the Boston Red Sox (83-65), who also won on Wednesday.
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The three American League East rivals are tied for the top of the American League Wild Card standings with just two spots at stake. One of them will not be able to be in the Playoffs if the season ends today and the same will be the case at the end of game 162 if the Tampa Bay Rays continue as leaders of the Division.
Rafael Martinez
I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at LÃnea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and after a few days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.
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