The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays are playing live for Derek Jeter's final home stand and the MLB schedule has the game on at 7:05 pm ET from Yankee Stadium and has Hiroki Kuroda against Mark Buehrle in the pitching duel and this is the last chance for NY to stay in the wild card mix, as there are not a lot of games left and both these teams are trying to hang on in the American League.
The Yankees won against the Blue Jays on Thursday and Derek Jeter had a home run and now he is hoping to finish strong in the Bronx. The team finishes the season on the road and it looks like they will not be making the playoffs this season, meaning it will be the first time the team misses the playoffs with Jester in back to back years. The Yankees got a nice win against the Blue Jays and they have pushed Toronto down in the standings and now they could be out of a wild card spot as well.
The next game has Chris Capuano pitching for the Yankees and they have a tough schedule to finish and they will end things in Boston. The team has been terrible on offense this season and they have dealt with a ton of injuries and it's pretty amazing they have lasted this long. The team is ranked 25th in the league with runs, batting average and on base percentage and now they have the chance to try and finish off strong.
The team has lost CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka to injuries this season and the team has been hanging around with a makeshift rotation and Brian Cashman has put together a solid group with tough circumstances. The team is ranked 17th in ERA and now they are playing the Blue Jays and Toronto comes in as one of the best hitting teams in the league, ranked in the top five in runs and the top 10 in batting average, on base percentage and slugging percentage.
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