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.

Going into Thursday's series finale, the Seattle Mariners hadn't led at any point in two prior games against the New York Yankees and failed to score more than twice in either contest. The Mariners bucked both trends and put up three runs in the first inning en route to a 3-2 win over the Yankees.

The Yankees are the only team to have clinched a playoff birth in the American League. The Milwaukee Brewers were crowned the National League Central on Tuesday after the Chicago Cubs lost during the day. They are the only other guaranteed playoff team so far.

New York Yankees clinch playoff spot by beating Seattle Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings.

At T-Mobile Park on Thursday, the Seattle Mariners play the New York Yankees (three consecutive wins) at 4:10 p.m. ET.The Mariners (+101 underdog on the moneyline) hit the field versus the Yankees

The Mariners scored three runs in the first inning and held on to beat the Yankees to keep their playoff hopes flickering.

The Astros lost their series finale in San Diego on Wednesday, but woke up Thursday morning with their five-game lead in the American League West intact after the Mariners fell to the Yankees 2-1 in extra innings courtesy of a strange baserunning mistake by Julio Rodriguez.

Anthony Rizzo hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and drove in both runs for New York as the Yankees clinched a playoff spot with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Rizzo lined the first pitch of the inning from reliever Collin Snider (3-4) down the right-field line to score automatic runner Jasson Domínguez from second.