
Yankees’ AL East lead in peril after Orioles elicit season-worst Luis Gil breakdown
NY Post
Entering Thursday in the midst of a dream season, Luis Gil turned in a nightmare of a start.
A steamy late afternoon at Yankee Stadium didn’t get much better from there.
The Orioles ambushed Gil for seven runs on eight hits, knocking him out of the game before he could record a fifth out and setting the tone for a brutal 17-5 drubbing of the Yankees.
When the bloodbath was finally over, the Yankees (51-26) still led the Orioles (49-25) by a half-game atop the AL East, but Baltimore has now taken both series between the top two teams in the American League this season.

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












