151: Yankees at Blue Jays

YANKEES (83-67)
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Brett Gardner LF
Alex Rodriguez DH
Brian McCann C
Carlos Beltran RF
Greg Bird 1B
Chase Headley 3B
Dustin Ackley 2B
Didi Gregorius SS

RHP Ivan Nova (6-8, 5.11)
Nova vs. Blue Jays

BLUE JAYS (86-65)
Ben Revere LF
Josh Donaldson 3B
Jose Bautista RF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Justin Smoak 1B
Russell Martin C
Ryan Goins SS
Kevin Pillar CF
Darwin Barney 2B

RHP Marcus Stroman (2-0, 3.00)
Stroman vs. Yankees

TIME/TV: 7:07 p.m., YES Network and ESPN

WEATHER: Last game of the season being played with a just-in-case roof.

UMPIRES: HP Jim Reynolds, 1B Jim Joyce, 2B Greg Gibson, 3B Chad Fairchild

MAGIC NUMBER: The Yankees’ magic number to clinch a playoff berth is seven.

FOR YOGI: Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered all flags in New York City to fly at half-staff in honor of Yogi Berra. De Blasio said Wednesday that the order to fly flags at half-staff applies to American flags, the New York state and city flags and the POW-MIA flag. Flags will be returned to full staff at sunset Thursday.

ON THIS DATE: It was on September 23, 2001 that Yankee Stadium hosted “A Prayer for America” service for those lost on September 11. It was the first large-scale and formally staged program offered in memory of those killed or missing and presumed dead in the terrorist assault on the World Trade Center towers.

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