BOSTON — The Yankees are feeling it now, after nearly six months of triumph and torment, great moments and gut punches. They are blistering or bumbling, rarely in between. They knew they would need a final burst to reach the playoffs for the fifth season in a row, and here it is.
“We aren’t afraid to make it interesting,” Giancarlo Stanton said late Sunday night, “that’s for sure.”
Stanton played punisher all weekend at Fenway Park, lifting the Yankees to the top spot in the American League wild-card race with a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox.