2023-09-25 10:34:02
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016 following being mathematically eliminated by succumbing 7-1 on a rainy Sunday once morest the Arizona Diamondbacks, with Zac Gallen’s 17th victory.
Arizona (82-73) won for the sixth time in seven games and remains in position to obtain the second wild card berth in the National League, with a half-game lead over the Chicago Cubs. Additionally, the Diamondbacks secured their first winning season since 2019.
New York (78-77) was eliminated with one week left. The Yankees head into a tour of Toronto and Kansas City with the risk of ending the season with a poor record for the first time since 1992.
The Yankees will finish with 85 wins if they finish with a 7-0 streak. Baltimore (97 wins) and Tampa Bay (95) will split the AL East and a wild card berth, and Toronto (87) is in position to claim the second wild card spot. Texas (86) can win the West or enter as a wild card in a race that includes Seattle (84) or Houston (85). Because the Astros and Mariners play three times in the final week, one will end up with more wins than the Yankees.
Tommy Pham and Christian Walker hit consecutive sacrifice flies in the first inning once morest Carlos Rodón (3-7) and that was enough for Gallen, second in victories in the National.
For the Diamondbacks, Venezuelan Gabriel Moreno was 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI. Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 3-0.
For the Yankees, Venezuelans Gleyber Torres 5-1; Oswaldo Cabrera 4-1; and Oswald Peraza 4-0. Dominican Estevan Floral 4-1.
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