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One down, one narrative to go.

The Yankees accomplished the vital first step by saving their season Wednesday night. That moved them to Thursday and a chance to discard the ever-burgeoning perception that in this era they can’t win the kind of series they now will have a chance to win.

Nine innings to either move on or same old Yankees. Nine innings to show that they can stand up in October to someone else in their weight class. Nine innings to fly to Toronto or crumble in an all-too-familiar way at this time of year, which will re-trigger screams for the jobs of Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone and questions about the fortitude of the group in general.

The Yankees earned these additional nine innings with team-wide excellence Wednesday. Carlos Rodón did enough from the rotation and Fernando Cruz, Devin Williams and David Bednar authored lockdown relief.