Usually, 10 runs are enough to ensure a victory. When a club scores 10 runs against the worst team in baseball should feel like a cruise for nine innings. This was decidedly not a cruise.
The Yankees took game one of the final home series of the regular season by a score of 10-8 over the Baltimore Orioles, who continue to be annoying even in defeat. Despite the close score, there was plenty of positives from the game.
First and foremost was CC Sabathia’s performance. The veteran left-hander looked much more like the first-half version of himself, tossing six innings of two-run ball en route to his eighth victory of the year.