One day after the Baltimore Orioles exited the complicated wild-card race in the American League, the Yankees followed right behind.
The Yankees were eliminated emphatically Wednesday night, losing to the Tampa Bay Rays in the Bronx while the Indians were beating the White Sox in Cleveland.
Either result would have been enough to leave the Yankees out of the postseason for only the second time in the last two decades; instead, both happened nearly simultaneously.
That left three teams vying for the two A.L. wild-card spots, with the Kansas City Royals being eliminated after losing, 6-0, to the Seattle Mariners.
But while teams were dropping out of the race, none of those who were left had clinched anything. The Rays remain one game ahead of the Indians, and two ahead of the Texas Rangers, who once again beat up on the hapless Houston Astros. With four games left for all three of those teams, any outcome was still possible.
The Rays have won six games in a row, as have the Indians. The Rangers, after a damaging September slide, have won three straight against the Astros but now have a tougher opponent for the rest of the season in the Los Angeles Angels.
Meanwhile, the Yankees move on to play the Astros. That would have been great for the Yankees' chances a week ago, but now it doesn't matter.
Here is a breakdown of the four teams still in the A.L. wild-card race, with the result of Kansas City's Wednesday night game in Seattle still pending.
TAMPA BAY, 89-69 One more game in the Bronx, and then it's off to Toronto for the final weekend of the regular season. The Rays, the team without a real fan base, are once again closing in on a playoff spot.
CLEVELAND, 88-70 The ex-Yankee Jason Giambi hit a huge home run for the Indians on Tuesday night. The ex-Yankee Nick Swisher hit a big one on Wednesday. That snickering you hear is coming from all those people who root against the team in the Bronx.
TEXAS, 87-71 Houston was just what the Rangers needed to create a nice little winning streak. They will try to keep that streak going and hope that the Indians lose one or more games to the Twins in Minnesota in their final series of the season.
KANSAS CITY, 83-75 Eliminated from playoff race.
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