As the Yankees solidified their playoff standing in recent weeks and made an unexpected run at winning the AL East title — still very much a possibility heading into the final day of the regular season — manager Aaron Boone multiple times referenced his club collectively being “locked in” on the daily task at hand.

Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Cam Schlittler have been just that of late — Judge especially — and the trio led the Yankees to their seventh straight victory on Saturday afternoon, a 6-1 win over the Orioles at the Stadium that sent them into Game 162 with a real chance at taking the division title.

Toronto's 5-1 victory over the Rays later in the afternoon lifted the Blue Jays into a tie with the Yankees at 93-68 (the Jays own the tiebreaker advantage). The Yankees can f

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