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Easy to miss amid the excitement of the otherwise utterly riveting, record-breaking game the KC Royals and New York Yankees blessed baseball with Monday night was the short performance of a pitcher who, in the twilight of his career, refuses to give in.
Nothing he did in two-thirds of an inning ultimately broke the contest one way or the other, but there was Wade Davis entering the game with two runners on in the 10th inning after Richard Lovelady gave New York a two-run lead. Davis increased the tension of the moment by walking the first Yankee he faced, but then retired the next two to close out the frame.