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- Updated: September 18, 2016
BOSTON — The Yankees figured that their ninth-inning collapse on Thursday was probably historic in nature, and a good deal of research went into confirming that it was. After following it with two more losses to the Red Sox, their postseason chances may also soon be history.
It might not have been as agonizing as losing a contest in which they were up by three runs with two outs in the ninth inning, but Saturday’s 6-5 loss at Fenway Park stung all the same. This time, Mookie Betts charged home on a seventh-inning Adam Warren wild pitch with the deciding run, sending the Yanks to their fourth straight defeat.
“Forty-eight hours ago, we were still in a really good spot,” outfielder Brett Gardner said. “But just these last few days, everything has happened fast. When you lose to a team that’s in front of you three times in a row, things get worse in a hurry.”
The Yanks have lost six of their last seven games, and it is impossible not to wonder about some lingering hangover from Thursday’s stunning defeat, when Hanley Ramirez blasted a walk-off, three-run homer off closer Dellin Betances in one of the most memorable games of the season.
That marked the first time since June 1908 — when the Yankees were still the Highlanders, and nearly four years before Fenway Park opened its gates — that the Red Sox were down to their final out and rallied from three or more runs down to beat New York.
As Gardner noted, a win …
