Those meddling kids! The youth movement is paying dividends, with the Yankees taking the first two games of this series after fully committing to playing the rookies. Luis Severino was far from his sharpest, but contributions from up and down the lineup — including a 3-for-4 day from Oswald Peraza after he entered today 0-for-18 — as well as a shutdown 3.2-inning scoreless relief outing from Jhony Brito locked up a Yankees victory, 5-4.
The Yankees had six players 24 years old or younger in the lineup for the first time since 1969 and almost all of them had a hand in opening the scoring in the second.