Judge delivers in 9th, Yanks clinch playoff spot in final AB

By JAKE SEINER
AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge drove home the winning run with a one-out single in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees clinched a playoff berth on the last day of the regular season by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0. Yankees shortstop Gio Urshela made a Jeter-esque catch, charging recklessly into the visiting dugout, and New York finished the year 92-70, punching a fifth consecutive postseason ticket after nearly falling into a labyrinth of tiebreaker scenarios. The Yankees will play in Tuesday’s AL wild-card game at Fenway Park after the rival Boston Red Sox rallied to beat Washington later Sunday.