CHICAGO (AP) — Clarke Schmidt and Nestor Cortes combined on a four-hitter, and the New York Yankees clinched their 32nd straight winning season by blanking the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Saturday.

It is hardly unusual for players to have poor 15-game stretches during the 162-game regular season ... of 39 straight winning seasons from 1926-64 … Wednesday marked the Yankees’ 32nd comeback ...

That would be winning the franchise ... and last year’s Yankees never gave themselves a chance, going 82-80 in a disaster of season that couldn’t end soon enough but did provide plenty ...

The current three-game set between the Orioles and Yankees ... season by winning the AL East, but Baltimore was swept by the eventual champion Rangers in the ALDS. They've lost eight straight ...

After left fielder Colton Cowser gloved Alex Verdugo's flyout to seal a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees that brought ... “Last year winning the American League East was just such an ...