Overview

• By sweeping the Cardinals, the Yankees improved to 67-57 and regained a 10-game cushion over .500 for the first time since Aug. 1.
• New York has gone 7-3 over its past 10 games, pitching to a 3.56 ERA and boosting its offense to a .761 OPS in that span.
• They trail the Blue Jays by 5.5 games and Boston by half a game in the AL East while holding one of the top wild-card berths.
• Manager Aaron Boone has limited Aaron Judge to DH duties and given Giancarlo Stanton extra rest as trade-deadline pickup José Caballero has hit .333 with an MLB-leading 39 stolen bases.
• Rival losses, including Miami’s upset of Boston, have helped the Yankees gain ground and analytics site Tankathon ranks their remaining schedule as the easiest in the AL.