"Acquired at the trade deadline to provide a versatile spark off the bench, the utility infielder fulfilled his duties to the max for the distinction: An inning after entering the game as a pinch-runner, Caballero swatted a two-out, walk-off single on the ninth pitch of his at-bat to lift the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox and clinch the 60th postseason berth in franchise history."
""This October we're coming to prove a point," Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. said. For now, the Yankees are guaranteed their eighth postseason appearance over the past nine years and their 26th trip in the 32 seasons since the playoffs were expanded to eight teams in 1994. Their magic number to clinch the top AL wild card spot -- and guarantee home-field advantage in a three-game wild-card series -- is th"
José Caballero, acquired at the trade deadline, delivered a two-out, ninth-inning, walk-off single after entering as a pinch-runner, securing a 2-1 Yankees victory over the Chicago White Sox and clinching the franchise's 60th postseason berth. He celebrated by carrying the team’s championship belt amid a raucous clubhouse. The Yankees moved within a game of the American League East lead with five games remaining, though Toronto holds the tiebreaker. Jazz Chisholm Jr. declared the team's October intentions. The Yankees secured their eighth postseason appearance in nine years and their 26th since the 1994 playoff expansion.
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