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The playoffs are coming.

The PSAL regular season has just two weeks left, though plenty of divisions have yet to be decided. It was a relatively quiet week – yet again our top four of Grand Street Campus, George Washington, Cardozo and Tottenville holds – but there was some movement in our bottom half, notably Monroe, John Adams and Norman Thomas all moving up and Telecommunications moving down.

For all the details, read below:

1. Grand Street Campus (10-1) (Last week: 1)

The Wolves are in cruise control, just rolling along in Brooklyn A East. It’s all about early June for Grand Street, which has never reached the PSAL Class A championship game under longtime coach Melvin Martinez. Based on all its talent and success this spring, this certainly seems like the year for Martinez’s club to get there.

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Norman Thomas and coach Luis Monell are now seventh in The Post's PSAL baseball rankings.

Next: Bushwick Campus (May 7, 4 p.m. @ Highland Park)

2. George Washington (11-1) (2)

That loss to Manhattan Center seems to have woken up the slumbering Trojans. They have won their last four league contests by a combined 58-7 and remain tied atop Manhattan A East Norman Thomas atop the division. Potent offensively and loaded with lockdown starting pitching, George Washington is starting to play like the defending city champions – bad news for the rest of the PSAL.

Next: Luperon (May 8, 4 p.m. @ Inwood Park)

3. Cardozo (11-0) (3)

This week was the perfect example why Cardozo could be the last team standing come June. In wins over Lane and Newtown, co-aces Connor Doyle and Adrian Castano allowed just four hits and racked up 14 strikeouts in a pair of complete-game victories. The two hard-throwing juniors may be the best 1-2 punch in the PSAL.

Next: @ Francis Lewis (May 8, 4:30 p.m.)

4. Tottenville (10-3) (4)

So much for the three early-season forfeits costing the Pirates a 28th straight Staten Island A crown. After a pair of dominant wins over New Dorp this week and a shutout of Curtis, Tottenville is firmly in command of the division, two games up on said rivals. Its pitching was flat-out brilliant in the three wins, all shutouts.

Next: Curtis (May 7, 4 p.m.)

5. James Monroe (11-0) (6)

Monroe hasn’t missed a beat without staff ace Ricky Parra. In fact, the Eagles have been even more dominant without the junior, who is out with a sore forearm, as the lineup has found its stride behind regulars Braian Angelista, Justin Morales, Randy Perez and Luis Santini. That Monroe is one of two undefeated PSAL Class A teams is a surprise – expectations were low back in March.

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Staten Island Academy considers its games with PSAL powers Tottenville and Curtis a barometer. The Tigers are feeling pretty good about things following two lopsided wins.

“We are kind of looked down on because we are a private school,” senior star Erin Gibbons said. “It’s good to play public school teams like this and like kill them like we did.”

The Tigers took two close games at the half and blew them open for lopsided wins. They beat the Pirates, 16-5, on Thursday and took down Curtis, 20-7, in St. George on Saturday afternoon to claim the Staten Island Lacrosse League regular season title.

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Staten Island Academy beat Curtis Saturday and will try to win its league title next week.

It sets up a big week in AAIS play. Staten Island Academy will likely need to beat Nightingale-Bamford and fellow unbeaten Chapin to earn the league’s regular-season crown and an automatic bid to the NYSAISAA tournament, something SIA failed to earn a year ago.

“We really want to be in NYSAIS,” Emily D’Arco said.

Gibbons, an All-City first team selection by The Post last season, continued her stellar year pouring in 10 goals, including seven of her team’s first eight. It helped the Tigers (7-1) take an 8-6 lead into the break. While Gibbons has been a talented player in years past Tigers coach Mike Bowler has seen her take great strides in her final season.

“She scored a lot of goals last year,” he said. “This year she is a phenomenal leader and she is unbelievably poised. It’s just something that wasn’t there last year. The game has really slowed down for her.”

She has gotten help in the scoring department all season and for the second straight game saw her team control possession thanks to Gabby Tricorico in the faceoff circle, in the second half. SIA, whose only loss is to Portledge, scored 11 unanswered goals against Tottenville and had 10 versus Curtis (11-4). The latter portion of those scores came with the Warriors bench in the game.

“For us it’s all about possession,” Bowler said. “We have speed. We have skill. I am really confidence in our ability to play offense.”

The speedy D’Arco had six tallies and Sam Avis, Molly Maugeri, Alice Harrison and Deanna Lambiasi had a goal apiece. Nicole O’Gara paced Curtis with three scores and Casey Metz had two. Curtis backup keeper Kim Meier made 12 saves to help keep her team in the game in the first half.

While SIA knows its still needs to take care of business in AAIS play, these are contests they look forward to, playing against its local rivals. It will likely meet one of them again in the SILL final and defend their crown later this year.

“We always looked forward to these games,” Gibbons said. “We love beating Tottenville. We love beating Curtis. Our league games are just as important, but we really look forward to games like this. It gets us pumped.”

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The Knicks played without Amar’e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Jeremy Lin. As it turned out, they also played without Carmelo Anthony.

Anthony said before the game he had to be “great’’ and instead he became a great no-show.

Before a fired-up Garden crowd, the Knicks fought for three quarters but fell apart in the fourth as Anthony disintegrated and failed to lead a depleted roster to a big upset.

With Anthony’s wire-to-wire dud performance highlighting a sickly offense that shot 31.9 percent, the Knicks set the NBA record with their 13th straight playoff loss. Last time the Knicks won a playoff game — April 29, 2001 — LeBron James was a high school sophomore in Akron.

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THIS IS THE END: Baron Davis can only watch in the fourth quarter as the Heat pulled away, putting the Knicks one loss from the end of their season.

With Amar’e Stoudemire sitting on the bench in a beige suit, his arm in a sling, the Knicks got shattered during a 29-14 fourth-quarter when a foul-plagued James became his superstar self and extended this five-day, first-round nightmare.

James banged in eight straight points to start the fourth quarter, finished with 17 in the period, 32 overall and the Miami Dream Team romped to an 87-70 victory and 3-0 series lead.

The Knicks’ season should mercifully end in Game 4 Sunday at the Garden to close the landslide. At least the Garden’s fire extinguishers remained intact after this blowout.

Anthony finished with 22 empty points on a dreadful 7-for-23 shooting and five turnovers, dogged by Shane Battier.

“We’re not moping around, we’re not hanging our heads,’’ said Anthony, who is shooting 34.5 percent in the series and 36.2 percent in the playoffs as a Knick. “I am not allowing us to do that.”

He is one loss away from being bounced out of the first round for the eighth time in his nine seasons.

“I wouldn’t say they shut me down,’’ Anthony said. “I am missing shots that I normally make.’’

Melo heard groans late in the fourth after missing another jumper. Highlighting the hopelessness was several Knicks bolting the locker room before reporters arrived — even ever-optimistic guys like Steve Novak and Landry Fields.

“Offensively, we just didn’t have it,’’ said interim coach Mike Woodson, who has lost six straight playoff games by double-digits, dating to his days with the Hawks. “We were so stagnant. I have to take the blame for it.’’

The blame can largely rest on Anthony, again outclassed by James. Anthony blamed the Heat attentive D, not himself.

“I think they just try to make it hard on me,’’ Anthony said. “They make my catches hard out there. They beat me up as much as they can. They throw everything at you.’’

King James was sloppy early and committed eight turnovers. The Garden relished in his early foibles with profane chants, but James made 12-of-13 free throws and finished a respectable 9-of-21.

“Melo’s a great player, man. He’s played great basketball his whole life,’’ James said. “Shane was player of the game. He did an unbelievable job on Melo.’’

With Stoudemire out with a surgically repaired hand, Woodson turned to Novak, making his first-ever playoff start and fifth of his career. He had nothing. Novak went scoreless in 22 minutes, missing both shots.

“They did a great job not leaving him,’’ Woodson said.

Novak is no longer getting the open looks he had a month ago. Meanwhile, J.R. Smith kept firing away and shot 5-of-18, overshadowing his two crazy dunks.

“They’re too athletic and they swarm and we played right into their hands,’’ said Tyson Chandler, who had 15 rebounds and 10 points. “We have to move the ball more.’’

Dwyane Wade finished with 20 points. He took over the third quarter, scoring eight straight points, including two straight 3-pointers. Anthony, meanwhile, never got unleashed, even as James sat on the bench after picking up his fourth foul in the third quarter. The Heat moved ahead 58-53 late in the third when Anthony made a blunder in the final minute, getting stripped by Wade, who went in for a fastbreak dunk.

Melo was 1-of-4 from 3-point land and 1-of-9 on treys in the series.

“They are doubling him and forcing him into tough shots,’’ Woodson said.

Holding the Heat without a field goal for a 10:09 span, the Knicks took a 40-36 at halftime before a supercharged playoff crowd. There was a 14-0 run and an 11-point second-quarter lead.

But the fun and noise didn’t last and the season looks over.

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Cablevision is shopping its Clearview Cinemas movie theater chain, which has 45 theaters in the New York tri-state area including the famed Ziegfeld in Manhattan, the company's CFO said on today's earnings call.

Chief Financial Officer Gregg Seibert told investors that the company planned to explore strategic alternatives with Clearview Cinemas.

"It is not a strategic asset for us," Seibert said, adding the company was in the early stages of exploring its options in a process it hopes will be "robust."

Cablevision had previously tried to sell the chain in 2002. Seibert declined to comment on the movie chain's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization but said "it's a negative number."

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes walk down the red carpet at the US premiere of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" at the Ziegfeld Theater in December.

The announcement came after Cablevision said it added more video subscribers than expected in the first quarter, 7,000, reporting its first gain in new cable TV customers in at least six quarters, driven by a new pricing strategy.

But the company's shares fell nearly 9 percent on Thursday, which analysts said was because investors were worried about its slowing financial growth as it ramps up investment in infrastructure and offers discounts on its services. Its operating cash flow fell 7.6 percent from a year ago to $513.5 million.

Cablevision said at the end of February that it did not plan to raise prices this year, which surprised investors and sent its shares tumbling more than 10 percent at the time.

"It's pretty clear Cablevision gathered up themselves and fought back to stop the bleed in subscribers, but my question is, is their pricing strategy sustainable?" Brean Murray analyst Todd Mitchell said.

The gain of 7,000 subscribers beat the loss of 7,400 that Wall Street analysts were expecting, according to StreetAccount data. The company added 42,000 high-speed data customers, beating StreetAccount estimates of 22,000.

But it made $1.57 less per subscriber compared with a quarter ago.

"Unfortunately, subscriber growth is only half the story. Cable operators also depend on (revenue per subscriber) growth ... and good old-fashioned price increases," Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett said in a research note.

Cablevision, which also owns a newspaper and local cable networks, posted first-quarter earnings of $57.2 million, or 21 cents a share, compared with $104 million, or 37 cents a share, a year earlier.

The results beat analysts' estimates by 2 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company spun off AMC Networks last summer, so the first quarter of 2011 still included revenue from that unit.

Revenue rose 0.2 percent to $1.66 billion, narrowly missing estimates of $1.67 billion.

Cablevision's shares were down 8.4 percent at $13.45 in midday trading.

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After Eduardo Nunez’ error-free debut in left field Monday, the mistakes finally showed up in the Yankees’ 7-1 loss to Baltimore last night. An error and two more mistakes were a reminder the young Nunez is a shaky enough glove in the infield, and a complete neophyte in the outfield.

Nunez handled all five of his chances Monday, but he couldn’t duplicate that in last night’s encore vs. the Orioles. With the Yankees trailing 4-1 in the sixth, he made a two-run error on Nick Johnson’s liner that let Baltimore blow the game open.

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“I don’t have too many games,” said Nunez. “It was a jammed ball from a lefty. The ball was down the line, a dying ball, and I think the ball was going to be hard. But that’s part of the game. I think it was going to be hard, and I was stuck. Then I had to dive for the ball. But it’s a process. I have to keep learning.’’

With men on first and third with two out, Johnson slapped a soft line drive to left, one that should have been caught. But Nunez misjudged it, hesitating before finally breaking in. He left himself no chance, sliding and missing the ball, allowing both runners to score for a 6-1 cushion.

“He got a good jump on it. I think he thought it was going to go farther than it did,’’ said manager Joe Girardi, who needs Nunez in left with Brett Gardner unlikely to be ready when eligible to come off the DL tomorrow. “It’s a tough read for a guy who hasn’t been out there for a long time when a lefthander slices the ball. He made a real good play in the gap early in the game.’’

Nunez also misjudged a fly ball from Adam Jones that bounced on the track, assuming it was a home run, and then jogged after Chris Davis’ double in the eighth. Perhaps bored to distraction, the crowd didn’t even boo Nunez at the time — they saved that for when he struck out looking in the ninth.

“Sometimes you lose the contact because you don’t play too many games in left field. But I think if I keep practicing like I do, I think I’m going to be better,’’ said Nunez. “[Girardi] said ‘that [error] is in the past, and keep playing hard, you did your best,’ and I did my best. I’m not afraid to make a mistake in the game. Just wait for another one.’’

After Nunez made 20 errors last season as a utility infielder, he made two more this year before last night’s in the outfield. The Yankees love his bat, but he’s now 0-for-10 on the homestand, dropping his average to .306.

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We have a new No. 1

Riverdale returns to the top of the heap fresh off a win over previous No. 1 Poly Prep last week. The Ivy League has pretty much gone as expected, but the PSAL is starting to get interesting. Division leader Tottenville beat Cardozo twice, but Cardozo knocked off Curtis. Midwood took down Cardozo, but were upset by Hunter. It’s caused a mess at the bottom of these rankings.

To see how they shook out check below:

1. Riverdale (5-2) (Last week: 2)

The Falcons are back on top. They have won three straight since losing to Hackley including avenging a loss to rival Poly Prep in Brooklyn on Saturday. Madeline Hopper scored an amazing nine goals against the Blue Devils and followed it up with five more in a win against Dalton on Monday.

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Riverdale and Lindsay Picard are back in the top spot after beating Poly Prep last week.

Next: @ Horace Mann (May 2, 4:15 p.m.)

2. Poly Prep (5-2) (1)

Another late comeback was not to be for Poly Prep. Riverdale held star Jessica Dahldorf to just two goals and the two are now tied for second place. The Blue Devils will need to regroup quickly as they visit Fieldston on Wednesday.

Next: @ Fieldston (May 2, 4 p.m.)

3. Fieldston (3-3) (2)

The Eagles have won three straight league games since losing to Riverdale in overtime. They needed the extra session to take out Horace Mann 15-12. The Bronx school gets another chance for a signature win when No. 2 Poly Prep visits Wednesday.

Next: No. 2 Poly Prep (May 2, 4 p.m.)

4. Staten Island Academy (3-0) (4)

It was Sweet 16 this week for the Tigers. That was the number of goals they scored in each of their wins over the Convent of the Sacred Heart and Spence last week. Erin Gibbons score a combined 12 goals, including nine against Sacred Heart.

Next: Marymount (May 2, 4:30 p.m.)

5. Tottenville (10-1) (6)

The Pirates had the tough task of trying to beat a team twice in one week, with the second game coming after a long bus ride to Queens. Tottenville knocked off Cardozo twice, the second by a score of 6-5 behind three goals from Victoria Orlick.

Next: No. 7 Midwood (April 1, 5 p.m.)

6. Horace Mann (3-5) (5)

The Lions have taken care of business against the teams they are supposed to beat, but have yet to pick up a signature win. That almost came against Fieldston, a team it lost to 15-12 in overtime. Horace Mann gets two more chances versus Riverdale and Poly Prep this week.

Next: Riverdale (May 2, 4:15 p.m.)

7. Cardozo (7-6) (10)

Sure Cardozo lost to Tottenville twice last week, the second by a score of just 6-5. The Judges though picked up their signature win by knocking off last year’s runner up Curtis 11-8 in Queens behind seven second-half goals. Angelina Borukhova had four goals.

Next: @ No. 8 Curtis (May 1, 5 p.m.)

8. Curtis (8-3) (8)

The Warriors avenged their early season loss to Beach Channel with a 12-11 win behind six goals from Taylor O’Gara. They beat Hunter, but could not complete the perfect week, losing to Cardozo 11-8 in Queens. Curtis can get them right back when the Judges travel to Staten Island Tuesday.

Next: No. 7 Cardozo (May 1 5 p.m.)

9. Midwood (9-2) (7)

The Hornets did earn a victory over No. 7 Cardozo last week by a score of 13-7. So why are they behind the Judges and Warriors? Midwood was upset by Hunter. It can get back on track when it visits division leader Tottenville on Tuesday.

Next: @ No. 5 Tottenville (May 1, 5 p.m.)

10. Mary Louis (3-1) (10)

TMLA ended its two-game losing streak. It beat St. Mary’s 13-4 behind four goals from Anna McGovern. Carolyn Heib and Allison Moloney scored three times each. Next up is a chance to complete the season sweep of rival St. Francis Prep.

Next: St. Francis Prep (May 4, 5:30 p.m. @ St. Mary’s)

New: None

Dropped out: None

On the bubble: Beach Channel (5-6)

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Play along (sing, if you like) with me for minute.

Rajon Rondo’s ejection from Game 1 of the Celtics-Hawks series for taking in vain the name of Marc Davis and consequent one-game suspension for Game 2 for doin’ the bump with the supercilious referee, took me back to April 9, 1996 when Nick Van Exel — currently on Atlanta’s coaching staff — pushed official Ronnie Garretson onto the scorer’s table ... and over it.

For his trouble, the Lakers’ pack leader was docked seven games and fined 25-large. Magic Johnson, back on active duty (32 games) after four years in retirement due to (HIV-positive) illness, lauded the league and then-VP of Violence Rod Thorn for his decision.

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RON-DOH!: The ejection and one-game suspension of the Celtics’ Rajon Rondo for bumping referee Marc Davis Sunday brought back memories of equally objectionable behavior, says The Post’s Peter Vecsey.

Sermonized Magic: “Nick is going to have to learn from that.”

All of five days later, guess who manhandled whistleblower Scott Foster, on national TV, no less, and earned three games off without pay, plus a $10,000 fine?

You’ve got to give ABC/ESPN credit. Once again, the nitworks have that certain someone on the payroll who’s overly qualified to speak out of both sides of his pie hole on such a newsworthy (see Dwight Howard’s failed coup d’état of coach Stan Van Gundy) subject.

During the Heat’s Game 1 demolition of the Knicks, reader Arnold Keith sent this text:

“The refs need the discretion to call a technical when they believe a player flops. Especially when they flop and/or fake an injury, whether it be [Jared] Jeffries, [Derek] Jeter or Jorge [Posada]. This BS ‘gamesmanship’ is cheating on a higher level than using PEDs. It’s cheating. It goes to the integrity of the game. No young athlete should be taught to ‘sell’ a play. It’s cheating. To see arguably the best players in their respective games cheating bugs the hell out of me.

“The ‘gamesmanship’ argument does not work for me. Whether it’s LeBron [James], [Jeremy] Lin or Jeter, it’s not right. Watching these guys flail about faking whatever is worse than seeing guys juiced up playing as hard as they can. Something has to be done to discourage cheating.”

I call that preaching to the preacher. I’m down with everything Keith espouses.

Nevertheless, I wasn’t vaguely convinced it was a lounge act when Tyson Chandler’s silent-and-violent pick (that earned him a flagrant one foul) purportedly sent LeBron flip-floppin’ like a Mitt Romney position paper.

In fact, if I were Dean of Discipline Stu Jackson, I would have upgraded the dangerous forward moving mugging a flagrant two. I deemed it dirty, malicious, vindictive and premeditated. Had Chandler hit LeBron a little higher and a litter harder, he could have damaged him the same way Metta World War damaged James Harden.

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The boys lacrosse landscape hasn’t gone through too many major changes.

There were a few tweaks this week with Tottenville moving up a spot to No. 4 off its second straight Staten Island Shootout title. Finalist Farrell jumps up to No. 7 after topping St. Joseph by the Sea and Mount St. Michael.

Fieldston, the city’s most consistent team, remains in the top spot after picking up three decent wins. Some key Ivy League and PSAL matchups could shake things up a week from now.

Check out the rest of the rankings:

1. Fieldston (9-2) (Last week: 1)

The Eagles continued their dominance of the Ivy League, picking up three more wins. The latest was an 18-10 win over Trinity on Monday. Jake Schneider scored eight times and Tanner Morris added six to help their team score 35 goals in the last two games.

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Riverdale and Jake Margolis hang in at No. 3 in the rankings after a big win over Poly Prep last week.

Next: @ No. 6 Poly Prep (May 2, 4:30 p.m.)

2. Fordham Prep (3-4) (2)

Fordham Prep is playing better of late as it picked up wins over Monsignor Farrell and Suffern last week. Rob Grinnell scored six times against the Lions and Ben Andreycak had four. The Rams lost just 6-5 to St. John the Baptist heading into a rematch with Iona Prep on Friday.

Next: Chaminade (May 1, 5 p.m.)

3. Riverdale (6-3) (3)

There is some momentum building for the Bronx school. The Falcons have won their last three games after losing to Hackley. They held off a late push from Dalton \\to hold on for an 11-10 win Monday. A rematch with Horace Mann is up next.

Next: Horace Mann (May 2, 4:15 p.m.)

4. Tottenville (8-1) (5)

Despite star Cody Rivera missing time with an injury, the Staten Island Shootout title returned to Tottenville this week. The Pirates beat New Dorp in overtime in the semifinals and beat Farrell in the final. The end of the regular season is next with games against Cardozo, New Dorp and Midwood.

Next: No. 9 Benjamin Cardozo (May 2, 5 p.m.)

5. Poly Prep (4-5) (6)

Inconsistent and improving might be the best way to describe the Blue Devils. They beat Dalton by a goal and picked off Portledge, only to fall to Riverdale 6-5 over the weekend. Hugo Francis is leading the offense with 16 goals and 15 assists.

Next: No. 1 Fieldston (May 4, 4:15 p.m.)

6. Dalton (3-5) (4)

Dalton has built off last season’s success. They have competed against the Ivy League’s top teams, but have struggled to pick up wins. Ben Vallimarescu scored five times and dished out two assists, but it wasn’t enough in an 11-10 loss to Riverdale on Monday.

Next: @ Collegiate (May 2, 4:15 p.m.)

7. Monsignor Farrell (4-0) (8)

The Lions are beginning to roar. While the week didn’t end with a Staten Island Shootout Title, it was a successful one. Farrell beat division rival Mount St. Michael behind three goals from Mark Reni and took out St. Joseph by the Sea before falling 5-3 to Tottenville.

Next: @ St. Joseph by the Sea (May 3, 4:30 p.m.)

8. New Dorp (8-1) (7)

New Dorp pushed rival Tottenville to overtime, but suffered a disappointing loss to St. Joseph by the Sea in the Staten Island Shootout consolation game. One bright spot was a league win over Curtis that moved the Central Cougars into a first-place tie with Tottenville in the PSAL Championship Division.

Next: Midwood (May 2, 4 p.m.)

9. Benjamin Cardozo (6-2) (10)

We will learn a lot about the Judges in the next two weeks. Cardozo is in third place in the PSAL Championship Division, but finish the season with four straight games against the league’s elite clubs. How will Bektosh Ayoob and Co. head into the postseason?

Next: @ Hunter (April 30, 4 p.m.)

10. Mount St. Michael (2-4) (9)

The Mountaineers hang onto this spot for now, despite losses to rival Farrell and 'AAA' power Iona Prep last week. Mount should still prove to be one of the CHSAA’s top teams with the bulk of its league schedule remaining. That starts with Xaverian on Thursday.

Next: @ Cardinal Spellman (May 1, 4 p.m.)

New: None

Dropped out: None

On the bubble: Midwood (5-3), St. Joseph by the Sea (0-6) and Horace Mann (4-5)

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With their starting pitchers routinely getting battered around, the Yankees could use all the help they can get in the outfield — so Nick Swisher’s departure from yesterday’s 6-2 win over the Tigers with a strained left hamstring isn’t what they needed.

The right fielder will be out “more than a few days,” according to manager Joe Girardi, but he won’t be put on the disabled list at this point. Swisher looked to have injured himself after a swing during an at-bat in the third inning, and he left the game following his walk in that same at-bat.

“We’ll see how he progresses the next few days,” Girardi said.

Bill Kostroun

NICK KNOCKED: Accompanied by manager Joe Girardi and trainer Steve Donahue, Nick Swisher limps off the field after straining his left hamstring during yesterday’s 6-2 Yankees win over the Tigers.

Brett Gardner is already on the shelf with a right elbow strain and not eligible to return until Thursday, so the Yankees could be shorthanded in the outfield.

“Right now, we’re not doing anything,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “In the short term, I could call up Melky Mesa [from Double-A Trenton] for defense.”

Yesterday, Andruw Jones replaced Swisher in the lineup, with Raul Ibanez moving from left to right. But having both veterans (or Eduardo Nunez) playing the outfield would make life difficult for center fielder Curtis Granderson.

“We’ll try to get through it,” Girardi said of the loss of Swisher, who has a team-high 23 RBIs. “We’ll know more [today].”

Additional reporting by George A. King III

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