For the Yankees, the verdict on their 2018 season might be the result of a single game — one that is not yet on their schedule. That is, if they play in it at all.
“It’s all hands on deck for that one game,” General Manager Brian Cashman said, “and we’ve got to find a way to survive it.”
Cashman was referring to the American League wild card play-in game scheduled for Oct. 3 — possibly against the Oakland Athletics and quite possibly at Yankee Stadium. He called the game “a cage match.”
But as the Yankees struggled on Friday night to beat the Baltimore Orioles, now losers of a franchise-record 109 games, they hardly looked ready to survive a brawl of a postseason game.