Yankees Head to Postseason Thanks to Judge's Heroics

 YANKEES 1 - RAYS 0 

The Yankees punched their ticket to the postseason with a thrilling, bottom of the ninth RBI single by Aaron Judge. 

How else would one expect this season to go for the Yankees? It has been a roller coaster of a season all year for the Bronx Bombers, so it made sense that the Yankees playoff fates would go to the last day. And with the Red Sox and Blue Jays winning their games, the Yankees were deadlocked in a scoreless tie with Tampa Bay. 

It wasn't easy. The Yankees spent the entire day watching their pitching staff bend, but never break. 

Starter Jameson Tallion gave up only a pair of hits over 3.1 innings of work before getting lifted for Wandy Peralta, who put himself in a precarious position when he gave up a double to Austin Meadows, and walked Ji-Man Choi with one out. 

However, he was able to get a fielders choice out against Mike Zunino, and a ground out by Joey Wendle to get out of the jam. 

 

After that the only real threat by Tampa Bay came when Randy Arozarena led off the eighth with a double and advanced to third with one out. But, Jonathan Loasiga struck out Nelson Cruz, and got Meadows to fly out to get out of the jam. 

Finally in the bottom of the ninth, singles by Rougned Odor and Anthony Rizzo set up shop for Judge, who slapped a single to right-center to give the Yankees a thrilling walk-off win. 

The Yankees season continues, and they will head back up to Boston on Tuesday for a one-game wild card playoff. The winner advances to the division series against ... you guessed it ... the Rays.