Game 162: Pirates (76-85) vs Yanks (93-68)

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Yanks crawling into playoffs. 1-4 in homestand!!!!!

Astros secure home field advantage for Yanks -- lets hope they don't have to play the Astros.

Exhausted Judge, Wells, and Stanton get to rest ahead of the 5 day rest period.

Except that Soto is playing, you might call this "the lineup to avoid the Rizzo Factor."

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PIRATES

Gonzales, 2B -- .273

Reynolds, DH -- .276

Cruz, CF -- .260

Bart, C -- .261

Palacios, LF -- .219

Triolo, 3B -- .217

Yorke, RF -- .229

Cooke, 1B -- .222

Peguero, SS -- .167

Falter, P - 8-9, 4.26

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YANKS

Torres, 2B -- .255 (102)

Soto, DH -- .288 (180)

Chisholm, 3B -- .273 (132)

Dominquez, LF -- .189 (89)

Verdugo, RF -- .232 (83)

Volpe, SS -- .244 (86)

Grisham, CF -- .183 (85)

Trevino, C -- .217 (84)

Cabrera, 1B -- .247 (88)

Schmidt, P -- 5-5, 2.55

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Game on YES and free on mlb.tv at 3 pm

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