15 games following a seven-game winning streak and are barely mathematically alive. They are four games behind Baltimore with five to play, but also are behind Houston, Seattle and Detroit.Gary San

ST. LOUIS -- Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes said he hopes to remain with the New York Mets for the remainder of his career, but he is not ready to proclaim that he will fulfill the final two years of his current contract with the club.Cespedes signed a three-year, $75 million deal with the Mets last offseason. He has the right to opt out after the World Series. He is collecting $27.5 million this season.Ive said it before: My intentions, of course, are to be here for three years, Cespedes said through an interpreter Wednesday. And if I could spend the rest of my career with the Mets, I would.As for whether he already has made the decision not to opt out of his current deal, Cespedes added: No. My focus is just to play baseball and help the team win, hopefully make it to the playoffs. I let my agents worry about all of that.Cespedes was acquired from the Detroit Tigers at the non-waiver trade deadline in 2015 for right-handers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa. 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They need a win, or a loss by Toronto to Baltimore, but neither happened in the series opener.Ortizs comments were also as quiet as his bat. He did not field any questions and before exiting the clubhouse said: That aint fun. They got me out, just put it down like that. They tricked me tonight. Too much talking between the pitcher and catcher. Ill trick them tomorrow.If Ortiz can trick the Yankees by getting more big hits in a win, the Red Sox will be division champions, doing so after starting their 11-game streak with four straight victories over the Yankees at Fenway Park.I mean its what he always does, Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts said. He comes through in those situations. Nobodys perfect so hell be ready to go tomorrow.Beside Ortizs inability to add to his 124 RBI, David Price allowed three home runs among 12 hits in 6 1/3 innings.The Red Sox hope Clay Buchholz can continue his recent resurgence and further improve his chances of being on the postseason roster. The Red Sox can use an effective Buchholz since Drew Pomeranz (forearm soreness) was scratched from his Thursday start and Steven Wright remains out with shoulder bursitis.On the surface, Buchholzs numbers of 8-10 with a 5.00 ERA in in 36 appearances (20 starts), are not appealing but playoff roster construction often is a what have you done for me lately business.And for Buchholz, the answer is this: 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA in his last six starts. Those wins are not necessarily a situation where he has been blessed with tremendous run support.I knew it wasnt going to be bad all year, Buchholz told reporters in Baltimore last week.ddddddddddddThere were a stretch that I didnt really know what was going on and I didnt know how to fix it. And when I tried to fix it, I was trying too hard and overdoing a lot of things, overanalyzing.His run of effective starts began Aug. 16 and 23 in a 4-3 loss and a 2-1 victory against Detroit and Tampa Bay, respectively. Three relief appearances followed and then came four more starts this month against San Diego, Toronto, New York and Baltimore.Only the start against the Blue Jays can be considered ineffective as Buchholz allowed six runs and four hits in three innings of Bostons 11-8 victory. In the other three starts, he allowed four earned runs and 18 hits in 19 2/3 innings.Buchholz is 6-9 with a 5.99 ERA in 19 appearances (18 starts) against the Yankees. On Sept. 16, he allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings at Fenway Park.The Yankees have won five of their last 15 games following a seven-game winning streak and are barely mathematically alive. They are four games behind Baltimore with five to play, but also are behind Houston, Seattle and Detroit.Gary Sanchez hit his 20th home run and Tyler Austin had the tiebreaking home run in the seventh Tuesday, and at this point the storylines for the Yankees are not about postseason plans but development.There are some good things that have happened but no because were about winning championships and whenever you fall short, theres a ton of disappointment, manager Joe Girardi said when asked if this season has been successful. Its very difficult. You look and examine everything thats went on with the player and what you need to do to get to that level. So I think there are successful stories but as an overall success, no.Bryan Mitchell makes his fifth start of the season and eighth of his career Wednesday for the Yankees. He pitched in Fridays 9-0 loss at Toronto but allowed three runs (one earned) and six hits in a career-high six innings. ' ' '