White Sox 9–1 already ran. Brewers 4–1 already ran. Yankees 2–0 Game 1 and Rays 6–1 already ran. This is Thursday night’s unused comeback.
AP / Reuters, Thursday night, Yankee Stadium: Yankees 6, Rays 4. New York 92–67 came back from 4–0. Tampa Bay 96–63, the AL East already clinched Tuesday. Rookie George Lombard Jr., debut Aug. 4, had three RBIs: an RBI double in the seventh, then a feet-first slide that jumped catcher Liam Hicks after a wild pitch bounced to the backstop, then a two-run homer off Steven Matz (5–6) into the left-field second deck in the eighth — his fourth homer in seven games. We will not invent a season total the box and the recap do not agree on. Paul Goldschmidt singled to tie it 4–4. Austin Wells started the climb with a sixth-inning homer.
Bradley Hanner (1–0) got the last of the eighth and the ninth for his first major-league win. Cam Schlitter, in his last start before the wild-card series, went three innings, two runs, one earned, and finished the year 14–6 with an AL-best 1.95 ERA, 239 strikeouts in 193 2/3 innings, AP said. Junior Caminero drove in two and reached 99 RBI. Two of Tampa Bay’s runs were unearned after errors by Heliot Ramos and Luis Gil. We will not invent Friday’s Yankees–Orioles doubleheader.
What this means for you
If you needed last night’s unused clinch, it still stands. If you needed this morning’s unused sports, it is 6–4, a slide, and a first win. Not 9–1.
Bottom line: 6–4. Lombard’s slide. Hanner 1–0. Not the White Sox berth.
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