Yanks clinch wild card berth with 11-inning win over Orioles

NEW YORK » The Yankees are back in the postseason, though not the way they wanted.

Aaron Hicks doubled home the winning run in the 11th inning, and New York clinched an AL wild card with a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles Saturday.

Rookie manager Aaron Boone will lead the Yankees into the winnertake-all Oct. 3 wild-card game, most likely against Oakland. The Yankees began the day 1½ games ahead of the Athletics for home-field advantage and are 53-27 at home this season.

Hicks and Luke Voit homered in the second inning, but the Orioles tied the score with runs in the third and the fifth off Lance Lynn.

Still, at 95-59 the Yankees matched their most wins since 2012 and equaled their season high of 36 games over .500. They will make their 54th postseason appearance — 21 more than any other team. CARDINALS 5, GIANTS 4 » Tyler O’Neill hit a solo home run with two outs in the 10th inning and St. Louis rallied for the win and held its playoff position.

NATIONALS 6, METS 0 » Rookie Austin Voth and four relievers combined on a one-hitter and Washington posted the shutout hours after being officially eliminated from playoff contention.

BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 2 » Rookie lefthander Thomas Pannone pitched 6 2-3 innings to win his third straight start, Rowdy Tellez homered and drove in three and Toronto dealt another blow to Tampa Bay’s faint playoff hopes.