2 & A HALF BACK!

(Sept. 3, 2017 - Source: Patrick Smith/Getty Images North America)

Yankees won in an electric game.  It wasn't a 'must win', but sure... it kind of was!  Not only that, the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox... I guess Joey Bats read Suzie Pinstripe's tweet...

Let's go @BlueJays beat @RedSox #pennantrace #ALEast @BleednYankeeBlu

— Suzanne (@suzieprof) September 4, 2017

Nice.

The key guys in this one were Didi Gregorius and Starlin Castro.  But it's more than just them. What we are starting to see is the Yankees turn it up... big time as a freaking unit.

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Veterans like Matt Holliday,  Chase Headley and CC Sabathia mixed with youngsters... guys turning into leaders... not one guy... a different one every night.  It's a truly wonderful formula and one that we have been looking for since 2009.  The Yanks are made for a run.  And last night with their win, and the Red Sox losing to the Jays... there was moving.  2 1/2 back now.

ESPN's Marchand writes:

"Starlin Castro homered and drove in three runs, Didi Gregorius also went deep and New York rolled to a 7-4 victory Monday.

After spotting the Orioles an early lead, New York bounced back for its fourth win in five games. The Yankees enhanced their position atop the wild-card race and remained relevant in the AL East after starting the day 3 1/2 games behind division-leading Red Sox. New York took three of four from Boston over the weekend.

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'You want to keep it going,' manager Joe Girardi said. 'The other teams are chasing us and we're chasing the Red Sox. Every day we win it makes it easier for us to try to accomplish our goals. So we've got to play good again (Tuesday).'

Aaron Judge drew a career-high four walks, singled and scored a run to help New York extend its wild-card lead over Baltimore to 4 1/2 games."

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I kept that Judge stat in there because it goes back to what I was saying... not only 1 guy.  Judge, who's been struggling, didn't try to hit it out of the park. He instead made adjustments, and used his brain to get on base.  Any way you can do it to help your team win.

That's the New York Yankees team I'm seeing these days.  It's glorious.

Just need to keep going! Go Yanks!

Final: Yankees 7 - Orioles 4



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