NEW YORK (AP) - For Dallas Keuchel, pitching on three days' rest for the Houston Astros in the American League wild-card game is just one more chance to prove a season's worth of doubters wrong.
''I play with a chip on my shoulder,'' Keuchel said Monday at Yankee Stadium. ''I think a lot of the guys do in there as well. And we'll always carry that.''
Before they take on a pitcher who shut them out twice this season, the New York Yankees faced another difficult challenge: Clubhouse leader CC Sabathia is not going to be with the team in the postseason because he is checking into an alcohol rehabilitation center.