Here are some Yankees notes going into the game, via the team’s media relations department:
WILD THINGS: The Yankees will play in the postseason for the 54th time in the franchise’s 116-year history…have qualified for the postseason in 20 of the last 24 seasons since 1995 (missed in 2008, ’13-14, ’16). >> Marks their seventh AL Wild Card berth (1995, ’97, 2007, ’10, ’15, ’17-18) and their third appearance in the AL Wild Card Game (lost in 2015 vs. Houston, won in 2017 vs. Minnesota, both at home)… will match Pittsburgh (1-2 in NLWCG from 2013-15, all at home) for the most total appearances by a team in the Wild Card Game… Colorado (1-1 in 2017-18) is the only team other than the Yankees and Pirates to play in the Wild Card Game in consecutive years. >> Join the Pirates as the only teams to have ever hosted multiple Wild Card Games… home teams are 5-7 all-time in the Wild Card Game (AL 3-3, NL 2-4). >> The Yankees’ and A’s’ 197 combined regular season wins are the most ever in a Wild Card Game, surpassing the 2015 Pirates (98) and Cubs (97), who combined for 195. >> Have won all three of their prior postseason series vs. Oakland, going 9-4 in 13 postseason games (3-2 in the 2001 ALDS, 3-2 in the 2000 ALDS, and 3-0 in the 1981 ALCS).
THE HUNDREDS: With a 100-62 (.617) mark, the Yankees recorded the 20th 100-win season in franchise history… are responsible for 20 of the 104 seasons in which a Major League team reached 100 wins… marks their highest win total since going 103-59 in 2009. >> Was the third-best record in the Majors (and AL) despite finishing second in the AL East… with Boston (108-54, .667) and Houston (103-59, .636), marked the first time in Major League history that one league had three 100-win teams.
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