The New York Yankees entered this week with a chance to put some meaningful distance between themselves and the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. Instead, they lost two of three games and all but blew their lead in the division – and they don’t seem very upset about it.
“The first couple series, they’ve had their way with us,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone told New York Post reporter Greg Joyce. “They’ve had the upper hand. But there is a long way to go in all this. You never like losing, especially in your division and up against a team you’re battling neck and neck with. It’s also an opportunity to hopefully grow for us.”
Sure, there’s still a lot of season left, but the Bombers have already played more than half of their matchups with Baltimore. The teams face each other just six more times before the the start of the postseason, with the Orioles currently up 5-2 in the season series.
What’s worse for Yankees fans is the way the Orioles accented their latest series win with a 17-5 drubbing that forced New York to put catcher Jose Trevino on the mound.
Oh, and let’s not forget how Baltimore pitching nearly sent Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres to the IL in the first game of the series.