The Yankees broke out of their slide yesterday, saving a slight amount of face in not getting swept in four-game sets by their two biggest rivals in the division this year. Having failed at sizing up to the competition that’s in the postseason hunt, they’ll now pivot back to the soft part of their schedule and hope to beat up on the bottom feeders, starting with the last-place Nationals.

Cam Schlittler gets the start for New York, coming off of inarguably the best outing of his young career. The 24-year-old right-hander tossed 6.2 innings of shutout ball against the Tampa Bay Rays his last time out, allowing just a single hit in the seventh inning while striking out eight and walking two. The Yankees inexplicably nearly botched that game, needing extra innings to win, but that was no faul

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