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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. 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Von Miller is asking the Broncos faithful for a little bit of, well, faith, saying, lets not sound the alarm yet.Clinging to the sixth and final playoff spot, the Broncos (8-5) will have to get through New England, Kansas City and Oakland for a chance to defend their Super Bowl title.That looks like a daunting task for a team thats had season-long troubles stopping the run, protecting the passer and holding onto the football.Miller channeled his inner Aaron Rodgers on Monday, asking the restless Broncos fans to relax.I mean, Im still going to be here, right? the star pass rusher told The Associated Press. Im still excited. Im still ready to go. These teams Ive had success with. Ive had success with these three teams in the past. Ive had success with these three teams this year.Tom Brady returns to Denver on Sunday to face the defense that throttled him in the AFC championship in January. The Broncos hit him 23 times and forced him into 29 incompletions, two fourth-down flops and two costly interceptions, one of them on a failed 2-point try that would have tied it with 12 seconds left in the Broncos 20-18 win.In a prelude to his MVP performance in the Super Bowl, Miller had 2+ sacks, four quarterback hits, a pass breakup and an interception that turned into a Denver touchdown that night.Its going to be an exciting game, Miller said. Im ready for it.He said hes also eager for rematches with the Chiefs and Raiders , both of whom beat the Broncos last month.The second time around, you always play the team a little bit better, especially if you lose, said Miller, who had one of his 13+ sacks at Oakland and collected 10 tackles, three sacks and a pass breakup against Kansas City.Miller has shown the ability to take over a game and lead his team to victory even with an offense thats struggling.So, for the Bronco faithful and Bronco Country, have faith in us. Weve been here before, Miller said. Weve been here more than one time before and weve been able to come out on top. I know what it seems like, the sky is falling, but lets not sound the alarm yet.Weve still got tto play some really good teams, some playoff teams.ddddddddddddAnd if were able to pass this test, then we know exactly where we are going into the playoffs.Miller said that should the Broncos emerge from this stretch with a playoff ticket, theres no opponent that would welcome a visit from them in the playoffs.Yeah, were going to be good, said Miller, who had more optimism than any member of Denvers downcast offense that trudged through the locker room Monday still smarting over their 13-10 loss at Tennessee .Justin Forsett fumbled away his first carry for Denver, snapping a streak of 950 consecutive touches without a turnover, Bennie Fowler dropped what would have been the go-ahead touchdown pass with less than 5 minutes remaining and A.J. Derby was stripped of the football near midfield in the final minute.I definitely had a sleepless night last night, Derby said.Fowler didnt get much shut-eye, either, thinking about the Trevor Siemian fastball that went off his face mask on third-and-goal from the 16 with 4:41 remaining.Yeah, just because we go up 14-13 if I make that catch right there, Fowler said. He put it on the money. I have to make that play. I feel like I let my team down. They all got my back and Im going to come back this week and prepare hard like I always do and put it behind me.Fowlers flub came two weeks after he dived but dropped another perfectly placed pass on the Kansas City 20-yard line one play before Brandon McManus missed a 62-yard field goal attempt that gave the Chiefs a short field to win it as overtime expired.Had he made those two grabs, the Broncos could be 10-3 and tussling with the Patriots next weekend for home-field advantage instead of fighting for their playoff lives.Theyre not lamenting their losses, though, as they embrace their rocky road to the playoffs.Weve got three good teams, Fowler said, and if we come out of this, were going to be really dangerous.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '