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There are those who insist that every game counts, that games in April equate to the same value as games in September, and by all manner of arithmetic, they are correct. Still, with the Yankees and Rays – both sporting the same 95-66 record after 161 games – knowing full well that the fate of the division hangs on one final day, those egalitarian statisticians would be hard pressed to diminish the gargantuan meaning of Game No. 162.

Tampa Bay has the upper hand, owning the tiebreaker based on head-to-head (for those who don’t know, since both teams have already qualified for the playoffs, there is no one-game playoff for division and wild card). The Yankees need to beat Boston and hope the Rays lose to the Royals.

There are several significant factors at stake.

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