The New York Yankees can clinch their 16th playoff berth in the last 17 years by winning once in their day-night doubleheader Wednesday vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Yankees reduced their magic number for a postseason berth to 2 with Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Rays. Any combination of Yankees wins and Rays losses totaling two vaults New York into its customary place in the playoffs.

The Yankees (93-60) also have a magic number of 3 for clinching the American League East Division. If they sweep the doubleheader and Boston mlb jerseys cheap (88-67) loses to Baltimore, they clinch the division.

The Red Sox are two games ahead of the Rays (85-68) in the race for the AL wild card but just one game in the loss column.

On the fringe of the wild card race are the Los Angeles Angels (84-70), who are 3 1/2 games behind the Red Sox and five games behind the first-place Texas Rangers (89-65) in the AL West. The Rangers have a magic number of 4.

In the National League wild card race, the Atlanta Braves (88-67) maintained a 2 1/2-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals (85-69) as both teams won Tuesday. The defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants (83-71) lost Tuesday and are 4 1/2 games behind the Braves.

The Milwaukee Brewers (91-64) have a magic number of 3 to clinch the NL Central, as do the Arizona Diamondbacks (89-66) to wrap up the NL West.