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NEW YORK -- The last time the New York Yankees had an eight-game winning streak during any stretch of September, they were not in a daily fight for playoff positioning and were facing the typical pressure of trying to win a World Series title.The Yankees won eight straight from Aug. 28-Sept 4, 2010 but the last eight-game winning streak with games played in September was Sept. 7-13, 2013. It turned a 1 1/2 game lead in the AL East into a 5 1/2 game edge and an eventual fifth straight division title.A little over a month ago, nobody projected the Yankees to be talking about postseason possibilities let alone a possible division title, but New York is in the conversation for both.New York can continue its run towards both things Sunday afternoon when it goes for an eighth straight win in the finale of a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays.As Ive said, everything is in front of us and it still is because we have so many games in our division, manager Joe Girardi said. And its the teams were chasing. You try to win every day and see where you are every day and thats all were trying to do. Were taking it day-by-day.The latest installment of day-by-day was Saturdays 5-1 victory. Masahiro Tanaka struck out 10 in 7 1/3 outstanding innings for his sixth straight win while Jacoby Ellsbury and rookie Gary Sanchez homered off Chris Archer. Those actions helped the Yankees (76-65) get to within three games of the Boston Red Sox for first place in the AL East and stay one game behind Baltimore for the second wild card spot.On Aug. 2, the Yankees were 53-53 with five losses in six games. They were not completely out of the race but nobody was making postseason plans and management had sold off four veteran players.Since then the Yankees have seem to become rejuvenated, winning 23 of 35 games. Since Aug. 2, the Yankees are hitting .268 (321-for-1200), and have averaged five runs per game and hit 53 home runs.The guys feel good about themselves. Weve been playing really, really well, Girardi said. Weve been playing tough teams for a long time, and the focus is to win series and weve done a pretty good job of that. This homestand has started off great and we need it to continue. Were scoring runs and were pitching well and the bullpen has been outstanding and its a great combination.The biggest infusion of youth has been Sanchez, who is hitting .344 with 13 home runs and 24 RBI.You never know what youre going to get when you get young players that come up here, Girardi said. Youre never sure how theyre going to perform, how theyre going to handle situations. But I got to give them a lot of credit and I got to give our organizational people a lot of credit because it seems like these kids are extremely prepared.Luis Cessa started the third game of New Yorks winning streak and takes the mound Sunday for his fifth start. The Yankees have won his first four outings and Cessa has a 3.09 ERA in those games, including Tuesdays wild 7-6 victory over Toronto when he allowed two runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings.The Rays have dropped six-of-their-last-seven games and seven of nine in New York this season after Archer allowed the home runs while pitching decently for seven innings Saturday in his 18th loss before the Rays gave up a run on an intentional walk attempt.As far as the eighth inning is concerned, Im not really going to talk about it other than to say its embarrassing, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.Tampa Bay has dropped its last six series at Yankee Stadium and are concluding its 14th four-game series in New York. The Rays only won two of those in 1999 and 2005 and were swept in five four-game series here with the last instance Sept. 7-9, 2009.Matt Andriese starts for Tampa Bay and is 6-7 with a 4.58 ERA. Andriese and Chris Archer are the only two Rays with winning streaks of at least six games followed by losing streaks of at least six games within the same season.Andriese is 0-7 with a 6.11 ERA in his last 15 outings (eight starts) and allowed seven runs and nine hits in five innings during a 7-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Monday.He is 0-2 with a 7.53 ERA in four appearances against the Yankees. He allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings during an 8-4 loss at New York Aug. 13.Ian McCoshen Jersey .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. Mike Hoffman Panthers Jersey . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. http://www.hockeypanthersofficialonline.com/keith-yandle-hockey-jersey/ . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Mark Pysyk Panthers Jersey .ca! Kerry, Two nights after the Scott-Eriksson incident in Buffalo, the Bruins returned home to play San Jose. In that game, Zdeno Chara put a check on Tommy Wingels that clearly targeted his head. Henrik Borgstrom Panthers Jersey . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said.Callan Wards memory of his history-making goal for Greater Western Sydney is fresh in his mind.Partly because Ward recently watched a replay of the clubs inaugural game against Sydney in 2012, when the hard-nosed midfielder became the first Giant to kick an AFL major.The co-captain will line up for his 100th match for GWS against Port at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, having played 99 of 104 possible games to date.More remarkable than the number is the fact hell do so for a side in the top four and destined for a maiden finals berth - an unfathomable thought four short years ago when they copped far worse wallopings than that opening 63-point loss to the Swans.Ward was 21 then and had boldly moved from the Western Bulldogs as one of the Giants first established player signings.The first year I got here we hardly had any changerooms and we were getting smashed every week, said Ward, who earned the 2012 best and fairest honour.It was really hard to back up on a Monday and come to training with a smile on your face.In that first yearr we had so many 18-year-olds, especially in that first game it felt like I was playing with a bunch of kids.ddddddddddddnd I was 21 and trying to be co-captain of a footy club.So to play 100 games is something Ill forever be proud of.Its just amazing to see how far the boys had come.Wards leadership will be needed against ninth-placed Port Adelaide, who are not yet out of finals reckoning after Ken Hinkleys side did a convincing job on North Melbourne last weekend.The Giants are back in fourth thanks to their 79-point win over lowly Brisbane.Theyll be looking to stay there and prove the upset loss to Collingwood a fortnight ago was an anomaly.This is probably the most finals-like game weve come across in the last month or two, Ward said.Port Adelaide are playing some really good, tough footy, which is what we like to play against.I think theyre really right to get us and theyll start hard early. 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