With other teams wilting in the August heat, the Bombers kept their foot on the accelerator, building their comically-large gap in the division and over the rest of baseball. They had just completed a remarkable home stand that saw them go 10-1, scoring 11 or more runs in three of those contests. It was exactly the kind of momentum they wanted to take into a seven-game road trip, with the first stop a two-game blitz in Kansas City.
August 18: Yankees 3, Royals 2 (box score)
Record: 92-30, .