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NEW YORK -- On the wild-card front, the New York Yankees were not able to make any more progress on their deficit but they were able inch a little closer to first place Monday night.The Yankees will look to gain another game on at least one front Tuesday night when they continue a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.New York has won nine of its last 14 since the non-waiver trade deadline, which saw the trades of Aroldis Chapman, Carlos Beltran and Andrew Miller. The Yankees have tied a season high by going four games over .500 for the third time and this stretch has coincided with a younger roster, which was displayed during the series opening 1-0 win.Rookie Chad Green struck out 11 in six innings while retiring the first 13 hitters and Aaron Judge had an RBI double in his third career game off R.A. Dickey. Green also was pitching to catcher Gary Sanchez, who is hitting .302 in 11 games since joining the Yankees on Aug. 3.I dont think anybody thought we were giving up, Green said. Obviously when you trade Beltran, Miller and Chapman, everybody thinks youre giving up but you still got great players here. So the young guys are going out there, trying to enjoy the moment and take it day-by-day.The Yankees won despite going 2-for-18 with runners in scoring position and stranding 14 but are 5 1/2 games out of first place for the second time in three days. They have not been less than five games out of the lead since April 28.In terms of the Yankees interests in winning the division, their ideal scenario is to hope the Boston Red Sox beat the Orioles while they beat Toronto. If merely getting into the playoffs is fine, New York fans should root for the Orioles since the Yankees are 4 1/2 games out of the second wild-card spot.Regardless of what unfolds in Baltimore, the Yankees will need continued improvement from Michael Pineda. Although Pineda is 6-10 with a 5.07 ERA, he is 4-4 with a 3.81 ERA in his last 13 starts.The Yankees have won nine of those starts, including last Thursday in Boston. New York rallied late for a 4-2 win and Pineda put the Yankees in position to win by allowing two runs and eight hits in six innings.I thought he battled, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. They had baserunners, but he made some really big pitches when he had to.Pineda has made pitches when he has to at times against the Blue Jays, going 2/3 with a 3.54 ERA in nine starts. He faced the Blue Jays April 13 in Toronto and allowed two earned runs and five hits in six innings.Despite Mondays loss, Toronto still is the American Leagues best road team. Toronto has lost three straight road games for the third time this season although it still has won seven of its last 11 games outside of Canada.Its crucial, Toronto manager John Gibbons said before Mondays loss. You got to hold your own on the road.Torontos only four-game road losing streak was two losses in Tampa Bay April 5-6 and two in Boston April 15-16.After Dickey allowed a run and four hits in five innings, Marco Estrada will take the mound Tuesday. Estrada took the loss in the April 16 game but has not lost a road start since, going 4-0 with a 2.85 ERA in his last eight road outings.Estrada was outstanding Aug. 3 in Houston when he allowed one run and four hits in seven innings. He followed it up by laboring through five innings last Tuesday in a 9-2 loss to Tampa Bay when he allowed three runs and seven hits while throwing 113 pitches.Just a little rusty, I guess, Estrada said. Those things are going to happen. At least I gave the team a chance, I thought there were a few pitches that could have gone my way. Ive got to do a better job I guess of getting ready.In 12 starts on more than four days rest, Estrada is 4-5 with a 3.57 ERA and the Blue Jays hope he resembles the pitcher who allowed one run and four hits in seven innings Aug. 3 in Houston.The amount of rest has not mattered against the Yankees for Estrada, who is 3-2 with a 3.92 ERA in seven starts against them since joining the Blue Jays last season.Estrada held the Yankees to a .243 average last year but has been sharper this season as evidenced by the .140 (7-for-50) mark New York had off him in two May starts this season.On five days rest, he allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings during an 8-4 win at New York on May 25 and on May 30, he allowed three hits in eight scoreless innings during a 4-2 home victory. Austin Watson Jersey . 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And I think inevitable within the next two, three years.The Wildcats most logical new home would be the Palestra, the basketball cathedral on Penns campus and home of city hoops. Saint Josephs played its home games there in 2008-09 when its gym underwent extensive renovations.Bill Finneran made the largest athletic gift in Villanova history to give the Pavilion an overhaul and support the mens basketball program. Finneran is a 1963 Villanova alumnus and the chairman and co-founder of EXOP Capital, a long/short hedge fund firm in New York.Unlike some deep-pocket boosters, his gift didnt come with a naming rights demand, and corporate sponsorship is on the table.I know the guy well. I dont think he cares, Wright said. I think its going to be a strategy tied in with fundraising.The arena has been without corporate sponsorship or an honorary title since 1997, when it stripped the last name of millionaire donor John du Pont. Du Pont, the subject of tthe film Foxcatcher starring Steve Carell, was convicted of the 1996 murder of Olympic gold medalist wrestler Mark Schultz.dddddddddddd. Du Pont had pledged $5 million to Villanova for the on-campus arena when it opened in 1986; school officials have said he actually gave the university between $500,000 and $1 million.The Pavilion opened in 1986 -- months after the 1984-85 team won the national title -- and serves as the home arena for the mens and womens basketball programs. Its a multipurpose gym for other varsity and intramural sports.The 6,500-seat venue is more of a super-sized YMCA than a state-of-the art arena. There are sparse concession stands and restrooms and no true suites or other high-end amenities. Courtside seats are filled with aging, deep-pocketed alumni instead of passionate students that would create a big-game atmosphere.Its not a great venue to watch basketball.Its not, Wright said, laughing. Weve got to gut it, and weve got to make everything better. The fan experience, the sight lines, amenities, suites. Its got to be a major project. And its got to be an all-basketball arena.The Wildcats play three to six games a season at the Wells Fargo Center, the home of the NBAs Philadelphia 76ers, and generally pack the 20,000-seat arena.We want to keep the unique experience that our games during the week, well play here on campus. On weekends, well play at the Wells Fargo Center, Wright said. If we just stayed here in our little main-line building, we wouldnt have any connection to Philly. ' ' '