Sabathia gave the Yankees five and two-thirds innings of shutout baseball to complete his regular season with a 14-5 record and a 3.69 earned run average. East by four games, to Sept. 1, by which time they were five and a half games back. Over 162 games, you’re going to have some games that get away that you don’t think you should and some that you win that you probably shouldn’t. It balances out for the most part.”So the Yankees face a postseason game they tried so hard to avoid. Judge, for one, does not think the wild card round will be a serious impediment to a long Yankees playoff run.

Source: New York Times September 30, 2017 20:46 UTC