Take that, Kirk Gibson.
Two pitches after fouling a ball off his left ankle and falling to the ground in agony, Aaron Hicks got the Yankees into the playoffs by drilling a double down the left field line to score Didi Gregorius from first base with the winning run, as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 3-2, in 11 innings.
Once the Rays lost to the Blue Jays earlier on Saturday in Toronto, all the Yankees had to do was score one run in a tie game with Yankees to clinch a wild-card spot.