The Yankees faced two inner-division challengers to start their second-half. They began play at 44-44, lost two of three to the Red Sox and took three of four from the Orioles.
Over the club’s four-game winning streak, the rotation pitched 23.1 innings of three-run baseball. Not to be lost in the fray were encouraging middle-relief outings from Anthony Swarzak, Nick Goody, Chasen Shreve, and Chad Green.
However, general manager Brian Cashman is seeing through the numbers. The Yankees have put up a +6 run differential since Aug.