Everything was laid out perfectly for the Yankees to finally breath that sigh of relief and clinch a wildcard spot. They got the two losses they needed from the Angels and Twins. They had a billion opportunities to score runs. They got a huge go-ahead home run from A-Rod. They handed a lead to Dellin Betances with two outs in the 7th and they still couldn't get the job done. Now the bullpen is bone-dry heading into tomorrow's series finale. Wilson, Betances and Miller are most likely all unavailable. Just an absolutely awful loss every which way you slice it.
The Red Sox walked six of 11 batters in the 7th and 8th innings and the Yankees couldn't score. The bottom of the 8th was maybe the worst inning of the entire season. Four walks. No runs. How is that possible? Ellsbury gets picked off at first to start it off. Gardner has the worst at-bat of the season to end it. After Ackley walked to load the bases he swings at the first pitch and rolls over to second base. Can anybody in this lineup get a big hit? Not a big home run. A big hit. A little ol' single with runners in scoring position.
The only good news is that Tanaka's healthy. Yea he looked like a guy who hadn't pitched in a few weeks. His splitter was off. He got hardly any swings and misses. But I'm going to go ahead and attribute that to a little rust. He's got a week here to get in his regular routine and once he does I believe he'll be good to go. The rest of these guys I'm not so sure about. You couldn't possibly watch these last three games and feel any worse about this team heading into the postseason.
And I already hate Mookie Betts. Fuck this guy. Just chugging around the bases all night with that big stupid ass chain flying all over the place. Him and Jackie Bradley Jr. catching anything that flies out in death valley. Fuck both of those guys.
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