NEW YORK — It was coming up on 10 o’clock in the Bronx and Yankee Stadium just got loud again with 38,000 and change standing and cheering their lungs out for Cody Bellinger to do something.

A couple minutes before the Yankees stole a 3-2 win from the worst team in the league to punch their ticket to playoff baseball and then party like it was 1999, they were one out away from missing out on a first chance to clinch.

The Yankees also were one out away from blowing a chance to gain ground in the suddenly tight AL East standings.

With the out-of-town scoreboard showing the Blue Jays batting in the ninth and trailing up in Toronto, the Yankees were one out away from a one-run loss to a White Sox ballclub that flew into town with a 58-98 record.

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