NEW YORK -- Each at-bat seems to carry the weight of October at this stage of the season, and that’s how it felt as Giancarlo Stanton came to bat in the fifth inning on Thursday, the bases full of Yankees and his teammates’ eyes half-fixed on the out-of-town scoreboard.

Stanton delivered in that moment, scorching a three-run double down the third-base line that put the Yankees ahead in their 5-3 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium, helping complete a three-game sweep of Chicago in the penultimate series of the regular season.

New York kept pace with the Blue Jays atop the American League East , with Toronto defeating the Red Sox at Rogers Centre. The clubs are even with three games remaining; the Blue Jays retain a tiebreaker. And the AL East champ is now assured of a firs

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