The road trip from hell was one game from being completed. After an exhilarating deadline, the Yankees had started August 0-5 after starting July 0-5. In this road trip, they endured two crushing defeats primarily due to bullpen ineptitude last Friday and on Monday, while suffering offensive woes in the other three.

The stakes were unbelievably high in this one. For the first time since 2023, the Yankees were a loss away from being outside the playoff picture. With a loss, the team would’ve dropped behind the Rangers for the third wild card and fumbled a chance at a tiebreaker on them at season’s end. It was fair to say this was the most important game of the season.

Well, in a two-month span where the Yankees have been playing out a nightmare, they got a respite in a Wednesday matinee i

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