The Yankees were thankfully off yesterday, giving us a day of respite from their crusade down to the bottom of the standings. In the meantime, there was a battle atop the division and action with the other division leaders to scoreboard watch over instead, which currently is a far better use of everyone’s time. In that vein, let’s see how the rest of the field did on Thursday:
Baltimore Orioles (59-37) 4, Tampa Bay Rays (60-40) 3 (10 innings)
The Orioles took a major step forward last year, staying in the playoff hunt until late in the year after years of complete non-contention, and many criticized them for not supplementing that surge over the offseason.