CLEVELAND — The Yankees will play their fourth do-or-die game in eight days Wednesday night when facing the Cleveland Indians in Game 5 of their American League Division Series.
Here are six Yankees things to know before the 8:08 p.m. game gets underway at Progressive Field:

Yankees manager Joe Girardi was feeling lucky that he’s held his job for 10 seasons after hearing the Boston Red Sox fired John Farrell as manager on Wednesday.
“This is not an easy chair,” Girardi said. “There’s only so many of them.