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May 20–23, at Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees and the Orioles met at Camden Yards for their fourth series of the season, with New York sweeping Baltimore for the third time. Yankees won the series 4–0 (34–21 runs) May 24–26, at Kansas City Royals. The Yankees won a three-game series against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The first game ...
Cedric Mullins hit a two-run double in the ninth inning to give Baltimore a 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday, and the Orioles remained in first place after taking advantage of two ...
Gave up their 100th home run of the season on May 21 against the New York Yankees. The Orioles pitching staff did it in 48 games, which was nine games faster than the previous fastest held by the 2000 Kansas City Royals. [157] Became the first team in Major League history to score at least 13 runs each in consecutive shutout games.
The Chicago White Sox celebrate after defeating the Minnesota Twins 1–0 to win the 2008 American League Central. A tie-breaker was required in Major League Baseball (MLB) when two or more teams were tied at the end of the regular season for a postseason position such as a league pennant (prior to the introduction of the League Championship Series in 1969), a division title, or a wild card spot.
Benches cleared in the ninth inning when Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad took a 96.8 mph sinker to the helmet from Yankees closer Clay Holmes. The Yankees were leading 4-1 at the time.
With the series loss, this marked the first decade since the 1910s that the Yankees failed to win the AL pennant and a New York City team failed to win a World Series as the Mets lost in 2015. The Astros and Yankees would meet in the ALCS again in 2022 , which the Astros won in a sweep.
A flight to New York. And a chance to play the Yankees in the American League Divisional Series On Wednesday, the Royals earned a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
The city of New York was home to both franchises from the time of the Yankees' inception in the early 20th century. For close to fifty years, the teams represented different boroughs and different leagues: the Yankees in the Bronx as a member of the American League and the Dodgers in Brooklyn as a member of the National League.