Nothing wrong with an away split...
Things started off in a dire fashion for the Yankees as Clarke Schmidt had to leave after one batter with an undisclosed injury and the Rays struck for two runs in the top of the 1st. But
Taj Bradley wasn't very good today and was owned by Cody Bellinger in particular, who hit a pair of two-run homers off him then added an RBI single off
Gabe Speier, and New York ended up winning comfortably despite having to pitch a bullpen game. Although they drew seven walks off Yankee pitching, Rays batters only managed 4 hits. But they did wrest home-field advantage from New York with yesterday's win and will head to Steinbrenner Field for a playoff game against its March tenants with ace
Shane McClanahan on the mound.
And the other ALDS is all square as well:
MLB News: The Yankees decided to give 38-year old 1B Paul Goldschmidt a 3/70 extension. He did have an excellent year with the Bombers, earning 4.7 WAR on a 293/370/494 with 25 homers but still.
Rays News: Big news on the farm as the Durham Bulls won the International League championship 4 games to 1 thanks to a 4-2 win in the clincher which saw all four runs score on homers - two apiece from top prospects
Xavier Isaac and
Brayden Taylor.