[外電] Yanks clinch 13th straight playoff berth

[andesite (王建民加油！)]

Yanks clinch 13th straight playoff berth
Seven-run fifth against Rays helps secure October appearance
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

ST. PETERSBURG -- Celebrate! The Yankees were ready to pop the corks and
spray some bubbly on Wednesday, clinching their 13th consecutive postseason
appearance with a 12-4 victory over the Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.
The blowout win finalized a memorable climb out of the Yankees' early depths
of desperation. New York sat a season-low eight games under .500 on May 29
but morphed into the best team in the Major Leagues after that point, leading
all clubs in wins and winning percentage to rally back into contention.

Their magic number to secure at least the American League Wild Card residing
at one entering play Wednesday, the Yankees confirmed their October
attendance by pulling away against the downtrodden Rays with two runs in the
fourth inning and a seven-run fifth, in which 11 batters came to the plate.

Derek Jeter homered to lead off the fourth and gave the Yankees a 2-1 lead
with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, before New York changed the course of the
game on three consecutive pitches by Tampa Bay starter J.P. Howell, who
allowed nine runs (eight earned) in 4 2/3 innings.

One of Howell's pitches hit Alex Rodriguez in the left elbow, the next was
smacked by Jorge Posada for a two-run single and Robinson Cano sent the next
over the right-field wall for a three-run homer, part of a five-RBI night for
the second baseman.

Playing in front of a largely pro-Yankees crowd of 21,621, the visitors added
three more runs in the sixth to put the game well out of reach and make sure
the champagne was plenty cold, with Doug Mientkiewicz stroking one of his
four hits -- tying a career high -- for an RBI.

The run support was more than enough to pave Chien-Ming Wang's path to a 19th
victory. The right-hander twirled six innings and scattered seven hits,
allowing a first-inning run and Carlos Pena's 43rd homer -- a solo shot in
the fifth -- but little else. Wang walked three and struck out six before
yielding to Joba Chamberlain for the seventh inning.

Reliever Luis Vizcaino allowed a two-run homer to Jonny Gomes in the bottom
of the eighth, but the Rays managed no more damage.

The Yankees have qualified for postseason play in every season under manager
Joe Torre and have not missed the playoffs since the strike-shortened 1994
campaign. New York remained three games behind Boston in the AL East with
four games remaining.
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比賽完的現場轉播文
裡面只有一段提到王建民的表現
隊友在第五局的大局是王建民拿到第19勝的關鍵
第一局掉一分以及後來第五局被Pena打出的那支陽春彈
但瑕不掩瑜，小王賞了魔鬼魚6個三振（雖然有三個保送）
並在第七局把比賽交給了張伯倫
全文還請各位高手幫翻吧！我英文爛

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