The A’s (67-87) began their final homestand at the Oakland Coliseum with an extra-inning 4-2 loss to the Yankees (90-64) as T.J. McFarland allowed three runs (two earned) to the Bronx Bombers in the top of the 10th inning.

Given that the Yankees are currently three games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East with 12 games to go for both teams, the Yankees would need at least nine wins/Orioles' losses in order to finish the regular season with the same record as Baltimore. However, in that scenario, it is very likely that Baltimore would hold the tiebreaker.

New York clinched a postseason berth thanks to Anthony Rizzo's go-ahead RBI double in the tenth inning. In the bottom of the tenth, Julio Rodríguez got picked off third when he strayed too far from the bag avoiding Randy Arozarena's bat after he lost it on a swinging strike three. Check it out:

The New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers have already clinched playoff berths. On Thursday, a trio of MLB teams can join them. The MLB-leading