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The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees are playing a Wednesday doubleheader. Game one is in the books, with the Yankees having won 4-2.

One angle here is that the Yankees clinched their 16th playoff berth in 17 years. They came in with a magic number of two, with the win and the Rays’ loss dropping that to zero. As such, the Yankees are officially guaranteed to participate in the postseason, as they have every year since 1995, excepting 2008.

But that isn’t the big angle. That isn’t the main angle. The more important angle here is that the Rays had the lead and then lost, dealing a significant blow to their chances of surpassing the Boston Red Sox for the Wild Card.

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