Finally escaping last place!’
The New York Yankees, a ‘famous family of tradition’, finally escaped from last place in the ‘horrible’ American League East Division by holding a double header with their ‘eternal rivals’, the Boston Red Sox.메이저사이트
The Yankees won both games of the away doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox on the 13th (Korean time). They won the first game by one point, 3-2, and declared victory 4-1 in the second game. On this day, they added 2 wins and reached above .500 again for the season. They tied with Boston with 73 wins and 72 losses. They recently caught up with Boston by reporting three consecutive wins. Ranked tied for 4th place in the American League East Division. They were 18.5 games behind the leading Baltimore Orioles (91 wins, 53 losses) and 7 games behind the third place Toronto Blue Jays (80 wins, 65 losses).
The Yankees have remained in the bottom half of the American League East division all season. He struggled due to imbalance in his pitches. After the All-Star break, they suffered a more severe slump and fell to last place. The situation reversed from the end of August. They showed signs of recovery by posting a good record of 8 wins and 1 loss in 9 games in late August and early September, but their momentum was dampened by 3 consecutive losses from September 8 to 10.
They ended their losing streak by winning 4-3 against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 11th. The match against Boston on the 12th was postponed due to rain. And on the 13th, they played a double header and added two wins. He immediately jumped to tied for 4th place in the district. In the American League wild card rankings, it was tied for 5th place with Boston. They trailed the Seattle Mariners and Toronto in tied third place.
This is fortunate for Toronto, which is fiercely competing for rankings to advance to the fall festival. This is because the Yankees, who were in last place in the same district, defeated Boston and maintained their ranking at the bottom. Toronto lost 6-3 to the Texas Rangers on the 13th even with Ryu Hyun-jin in play. We suffered a losing streak following the previous day. After three straight wins, they lost two in a row and fell to a tie for third place in the American League wild card rankings. They were allowed to overtake Texas (80-64). Ryu Hyun-jin had a quality start with 5 hits, 1 home run, 1 walk, 5 strikeouts, and 3 runs in 6 innings, but suffered a loss.