Best NYY Playoff Games of Past 25 Years: Bullpen, bombs pick up Sevy

Jan 9 2023 by Pinstripe Alley

 
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The long-running torture of the Twins gets its own chapter in the 2017 Wild Card Game.

You could not possibly start a game worse. Luis Severino would finish in the top three of 2017’s Cy Young voting. He was as dominant as any pitcher the Yankees have boasted this century. In a one-game playoff, at home, he was the perfect choice to start the 2017 Wild Card Game.

And he recorded one single out.

Brian Dozier led off the game with a solo home run, and...

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