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Beams At Yankees: Sunday Fun Day May Clarify Potential Opponents 

The Rays will be hoping to put a decent (and sound) finish on their record-breaking season, allow several their players opportunities at individual achievements and convey some force into Thursday's season finisher opener as they face the Yankees today in Game 162. 메이저사이트

How they do will assume a huge part in how convoluted a cycle it will be to decide the two groups that will meet in Tuesday's trump card game for the option to open the division series Thursday at Tropicana Field. 

That is a direct result of the likely turmoil of having four groups going into the last day with an opportunity to arrive. The Yankees and Red Sox, who play at the Nationals, are 91-70; the Blue Jays, who have the Orioles, and Mariners, who have the Angels, are 90-71. 

The easiest result: If the Yankees and Red Sox both win, they will be the trump cards and play Tuesday in Boston. The most turbulent: If the Yankees and Red Sox lose and Jays and Mariners win, there will be a four-way tie that would require two Games 163 on Monday. 

A three-way tie would be considerably more convoluted, requiring two days to figure out and push the trump card game back to Wednesday, which would be to the Rays' benefit as whoever endures would have utilized their top pitchers. 

Going into the present game, Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe has 39 homers and 99 RBIs and is hoping to arrive at the following round numbers. Outfielder Randy Arozarena is looking for his twentieth taken base to arrive at the 20-20 club and would be the third Ray to do as such, joining Tommy Pham and B.J., Upton. 

Here is the Rays arrangement: 

Furthermore, for the Yankees, who on Sunday put infielder D.J. LeMahieu on the harmed list with a games hernia:

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