The New York Yankees demolished the Baltimore Orioles 10–1 on Thursday night, officially securing the American League East division title. With their magic number at just one, the Yankees needed only one game to clinch the division, allowing them to skip the Wild Card round and head straight to the ALDS. Yankees’ Dominance in AL East The Yankees locked up the division with an impressive +152 run differential, the best in baseball by a significant margin.
Over their last three games, the Yankees have scored 17 runs, and despite dropping the first two games of their three-game set against Baltimore, they rebounded in dominant fashion, stifling the Orioles just before their final regular season series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gerrit Cole’s Masterful Performance Ace Gerrit Cole delivered a stellar performance, tossing 6.2 innings, striking out five batters, and allowing only two hits.
Cole did not surrender a single run, lowering his ERA to 3.41 in what is likely his final regular-season start. Strong Bullpen Effort The Yankees’ bullpen also performed admirably, with veteran Tim Hill giving up the only earned run.
Tommy Kahnle and Clay Holmes each contributed a strikeout over 0.2 innings, helping to lock down the victory. Offensive Fireworks for the Bombers Offensively, the Yankees were firing on all cylinders, tallying eight hits, though they did pick up 14 strikeouts.
Aaron Judge contributed two RBIs with a home run, while Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and four .
