The Yankees began their final regular-season series, at home to the Baltimore Orioles, knowing that, no matter what they did, they had to be 1 win better than the Toronto Blue Jays to win the American League Eastern Division. All the Jays had to do to win it was to match the Yankees' performance.
Will Warren started for the Yankees, and, once again, he was crap, allowing 4 runs in 5 innings. He got bailed out by the bats, and by 5 relievers pitching shutout ball the rest of the way.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 451st and 452nd career home runs, tying Carl Yastrzemski on the all-time list. Next up on the all-time list are José Canseco and Adam Dunn, each with 462. Dunn will never get into the Hall of Fame, because his lifetime batting average is .237. Canseco will never get in, because of steroid use. Presuming Stanton has been clean, he should get in.
Aaron Judge hit his 367th home run. For the moment, this moves him past Freddie Freeman on the all-time list, with 366. Bryce Harper has 363. Manny Machado has 368. Paul Goldschmidt, who played for the Yankees last night but didn't hit a home run, has 372. Mike Trout is between Stanton and Goldschmidt, with 403. The next retired player after Judge is Ralph Kiner, with 369.
The Yankees won, 8-4. But the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2. They are tied with 2 games left, with the Jays having the tiebreaker. Yankees win the next 2, to win the Division, the Jays have to lose 1. Yankees only split, the Jays have to lose both of their last 2. Simple as that, baby.
This afternoon, at 1:05, Cam Schlittler starts against Tomoyuki Sugano. Tomorrow, in the regular-season finale, Luis Gil starts against Kyle Bradish.
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