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NEW YORK -- Brad Brach picked up Austin Romines bat behind home plate and slammed it to the turf. On the verge of moving into position to clinch no worse than a tiebreaker game for a playoff berth, the Baltimore Orioles let the opportunity slip away.Tomorrow is what weve been playing the whole season for anyway, Matt Wieters said after Baltimore wasted a three-run lead Saturday in a deflating 7-3 loss to the New York Yankees. It shouldnt be hard to get ready for a game tomorrow.Fittingly in this season of alternating promise and frustration, game No. 162 will be needed to determine the Orioles fate.They had a 3-0, fifth-inning lead against an already eliminated opponent and an 81.5 percent probability of winning the game, according to Fangraphs. A victory plus a loss by Toronto or Detroit later Saturday would have clinched a wild-card berth.New York closed with a run each in the fifth and sixth, and Tyler Austin tied the score in the seventh when he drove Wade Mileys slider into the Yankees bullpen in right center. Romine then dumped Brachs slider over a drawn-in infield and into short left for a tiebreaking, two-run single in the eighth, and Brett Gardner followed with a two-run double against Oliver Drake.It seemed like we were in control there for six innings, and all of a sudden you look at the scoreboard and its tied, Brach said.Baltimore dropped into a tie with Toronto for the ALs two wild cards at 88-73, with Detroit 1 1/2 games behind at 86-74. Seattle was eliminated Saturday night with a 9-8, 10-inning loss to Oakland.Brach planned to watch the other games on television.Not Orioles manager Buck Showalter.Ill find something else to do. Maybe even sleep, he said. Theres an interesting thought.Despite Saturdays disappointment, Baltimore could clinch with a victory over the Yankees on Sunday.Mark Trumbo tied his season high with four hits, and the Orioles built a 3-0 lead against Luis Severino on Michael Bourns two-run single in the second and Manny Machados 37th home run. Machados third-inning, opposite-field drive to right ended an 0-for-17 slide.Austin sparked the comeback with an RBI single in the fifth and a home run in the seventh around Chase Headleys run-scoring double in the sixth.With the score 3-all, Brach (10-4) relieved with one out in the eighth and walked pinch-hitter Jacoby Ellsbury. Headley doubled again, just past the glove of diving first baseman Chris Davis and down the right-field line.When things are going bad, its whats going to happen, Brach said. Chase just placed it right. Sometimes its better to place it right than hit it hard.Brach walked Ronald Torreyes with two outs, Drake relieved and Gardner doubled to left. Brach was charged with a season-high four runs, and the All-Star setup man has allowed 13 hits and five walks over 12 1/3 innings since the start of September,Its almost impossible to continue at the level he was pitching for about three-fourths of the season, Showalter said.Tyler Clippard (2-3) pitched a perfect eighth, and Dellin Betances struck out the side after an infield hit in the ninth. The Yankees stopped the Orioles three-game winning streak and sent them to their second loss in eight games.Wieters planned to focus on the other contenders before getting ready for Sunday.Ill watch `em, he said. It would have been nice watching them with the win today.THE EXTRA MILEYComing off an 11-strikeout win over Arizona, Miley fanned nine, walked one and allowed nine hits in six-plus innings.Just a couple of mistakes I made later in the game, he said.Austin fell behind 1-2 in the seventh and worked the count full before the fateful slider.Kind of spun over the middle of the plate, Miley said. He hammered it.EXPANDED ROSTERSShowalter is not a fan of the expansion of active rosters from 25 to 40 from Sept. 1 on, which allows streams of pinch hitters and relief pitchers.This convoluted thing called September, youre just picking your poison, he said, pointing out the Yankees had Gary Sanchez, Brian McCann, Didi Gregorius and Ellsbury on their bench. Its why guys on the field shake their head about the way it is now.STUBBORN MULE?Showalter talked about how his wife had bought a pair of miniature donkeys.She says now she has three jackasses, he cracked.UP NEXTRHP Kevin Gausman (8-12) is scheduled to start Sunday for Baltimore. RHP Luis Cessa (4-3) is slated to pitch for New York.Swell Traveler Bottle Australia . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Swell Water Bottle Sale . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. http://www.swellbottleaustralia.com/australia-swell-water-bottle-sale.html . Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday that allowed the veteran right-hander to retire as a member of team with which he broke into the majors and spent the bulk of his distinguished 16-year career. Swell Marble Bottle Australia .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. Swell Water Bottle Sale Australia . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." A decision has seemingly been made - Sundays Group B-deciding tilt against Finland ahead - but it could not have been an easy one. Price opened the tournament with a sturdy 19-save performance against the Norwegians, yielding just one goal.COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Sindarius Thornwell scored 18 points and South Carolina cruised to an 85-76 victory over Louisiana Tech on Friday night.Thornwell was 7 of 16 from the floor. PJ Dozier and Duane Notice added 17 points apiece for the Gamecocks, who overcame foul trouble and Louisiana Techs trapping defense. Thornwells steal and ensuing dunk with 2:37 left gave the Gamecocks a 10-point lead.Derric Jean had 18 points and Jacobi Boykins added 14 to lead Louisiana Tech. DaQuan Bracey and Omar Sherman chipped in 12 apiece.Trailing by 15 points early in the second half, Louisiana Tech climbed back with 3-point shooting. South Carolina began to earn more trips to the free-throw line but couldnt convert, and the Bulldogs 3s cut the deficit to 65-61 with about eight minutes to play.Thats when they cut it to four, South Carolina coach Frank Martin said. So we locked in and did a better job. We werent very good today.The teams combined for 48 fouls, and the Gamecocks made just 16 of 26 from the line. South Carolina allowed only three field goals in the final six minutes.I started off with a lot of turnoverss and forcing a lot of stuff that wasnt there, Thornwell said.dddddddddddd Once I settled down, I was all right.BIG PICTURESouth Carolina: The Gamecocks were expected to lean on their guards all season and Thornwell, Dozier, and Notice lived up to the billing.Louisiana Tech: The Bulldogs press was disrupting South Carolina all evening, leading to 15 turnovers. The problem was the Bulldogs left so many points at the rim, missing several layups.STAT OF THE NIGHTThe Gamecocks had 19 second-chance points to the Bulldogs nine, using their superior height to win the rebounding total 35-29. South Carolina hauled in 25 defensive boards.TURNING POINTThornwells dunk was the second of two straight for the Gamecocks after the Bulldogs had cut the deficit to four. The first was Silvas one-hand jam, fed from Thornwell after a Louisiana Tech missed layup.UP NEXTSouth Carolina is in a marathon sprint of three games in five days, and welcomes Holy Cross to Colonial Life Arena on Sunday. ' ' '