The Yankees tried really hard to lose this game in the most annoying fashion possible. The Kansas City Royals granted them nearly a dozen free baserunners throughout the evening, and the Yankees squandered opportunity after opportunity throughout the first seven innings, but three late-inning hits sent the Bronx faithful home confused but happy after a 6-5 win. The Win Probability chart can probably tell this story better than I can:
To the takeaways.
The Yankees are riding high coming off a series win against the A’s and yesterday’s off-day. They went 5-1 last week against two quality opponents in the Blue Jays and A’s, and all 5 wins were of the comeback variety. The Bronx Bombers find themselves 3rd in the AL East at 38-33 just 4 games back in the loss column behind Tampa and Boston.
They now begin a stretch of 13 games in 13 days starting with a three game series against the Royals. As much fun as comeback wins are, let’s get out to a 5-0 lead in the 1st tonight and never look back, mmkay?
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