NEW YORK -- The Baltimore Orioles clinched their second straight playoff berth, overcoming Aaron Judge's major league-leading 56th home run to beat the New York Yankees 5-3 on Tuesday night.
The Orioles' win combined with Minnesota's loss to Miami nine minutes later assured Baltimore at least an American League wild card.
Anthony Santander hit his 44th home run and Ramón Urías and Colton Cowser also went deep for Baltimore (87-80), which closed within five games of the AL East-leading Yankees (92-65) with five games left. The Orioles' win clinched the season series and the tiebreaker against the Yankees, but Baltimore would have to finish 5-0 while New York goes 0-5 for the Orioles to finish atop the division.