After tough opponents in the Rays and Blue Jays, the Yankees came into Cincinnati really needing a sweep. I don’t mean to disrespect the Reds, but they’re just not on the level, and if the Yankees want to pull themselves out of fourth place, they need to really beat up on teams like this. Fortunately, they’ve done just that in the first two games of this series, following up last night’s win with a 7-4 victory, albeit one that took ten innings.
It certainly wasn’t easy, with more evidence that the Jhony Brito experiment may not be panning out.