The Yankees are facing their last chance to directly tilt the standings in their favor, as their remaining opponents for the year all sit well outside of the postseason hunt. They got this final meeting with Boston off to a much better start than the last one, going up 4-0 before allowing a solo home run as their lone blip in a two-hit, dominating performance from their pitching staff. Luis Gil tossed six no-hit frames before turning it over to the ‘pen, and aside from Fernando Cruz giving up a bomb to Nate Eaton the relievers did their job.

As for the rest of the field, there unfortunately wasn’t much ground to be gained on Friday.

Toronto Blue Jays (85-62) 6, Baltimore Orioles (69-76) 1

For four innings, it looked like Baltimore was building an upset bid that would’ve benefitted the Y

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