For five innings tonight, the Corbin Burnes and Gerrit Cole pitchers’ duel lived up to the hype. As they faced off against each other in their final starts of the regular season, both were about as sharp as they could be. But Burnes, who will be the game one starter in the Wild Card round, exited after five innings. Cole, whose team will get a first round bye, stuck around for 6.2.
After Burnes exited the game, all hell broke loose. Baltimore’s relief pitchers were so very bad. Once the smoke cleared, the Yankees got themselves a 10-1 win and the AL East title.