The Yankees were eliminated from playoff contention a couple days ago, but they still fought spiritedly this afternoon to rally and spoil the Orioles’ hopes. Luis Severino exited early, but timely late hitting and strong bullpen work opened the door for a 7-3 win on the penultimate day of the season.
This was just Severino’s second start after returning to the rotation from the bullpen, and he was looking to last a little longer than his previous outing in Toronto. He was tossed in the second inning of that start for throwing intentionally at Justin Smoak, in retaliation for J.