CLEVELAND � Each time the Yankees saw a path to San Diego and advancement into the next round of playoffs, the Cleveland Indians answered back Wednesday night.
But the Yankees kept charging.
Down by a run in the ninth, Gary Sanchez's game-tying sacrifice fly and DJ LeMahieu's go-ahead RBI single pushed the Yankees to a 10-9 victory, clinching the AL Wild Card best-of-three series.
In a wild Game 2 that had nearly everything but a swarm of Lake Erie midges, the Yankees advanced to play their heated 2020 rivals, the Tampa Bay Rays in a best-of-five AL Division Series that begins Monday.
To earn their two-game sweep, the Yankees got to Indians' closer Brad Hand, who was 16-for-16 in save chances this season.
Giancarlo Stanton's leadoff walk and singles by Gio Urshela and Gleyber Torres (infield hit) set things up in the ninth.
Aroldis Chapman closed it out, with the tying run at first, at 1:14 a.m.
October had arrived.
