Although the Yankees lost an annoying one yesterday, the Blue Jays lost in hilarious fashion, keeping New York’s slim division chances at 7.1 percent. The only way to keep that number from going down is to win games and hope the Royals didn’t blow all their offense in one outing, which sets up the third game of this four-game set with the Orioles.

Thursday night, lefthander 1A was brilliant, as Max Fried struck out a baker’s dozen Os en route to an easy 7-0 series-opening win. Now, lefthander 1B will attempt to follow that example, with Carlos Rodón bringing his 3.11 ERA to bear under the lights Saturday. In particular, ‘Los has been on a very strong run since the start of August, making nine starts and allowing more than two runs just twice. Of course he’s been a hard-luck loser in each

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