And that's that.

Alex Rodriguez went yard for the 54th time and drove in four, but the Yanks blew leads of 4-1, 7-2 and 9-6 and fell to the Orioles 10-9 in ten innings.  The Red Sox won on Friday night so the AL East goes to Boston for the first time since 1995.  This makes somebody happy.

All in all, it's a tough loss, but it also allows the Yankees to set things up for the post-season.  Those matchups are now set: Yankees at Cleveland; Angels at Boston.  The Yanks owned the Indians in the regular season, finishing 6-0 and have beaten the Tribe eight straight times dating back to 2006.  And for some reason, the Red Sox match up well against the Halos.  The BoSox finished 6-4 against LA this season.  Should be fun.

I wasn't locked into this one so this may be the worst roundup I've ever done.  Let's not waste any more time.

The Good:

Alex Rodriguez.  He did it again.  A-Rod blasted his 54th dinger of the year and tied Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth for 10th place on the all-time Yankee RBI list with 155.  Amazing.  Amazing that A-Rod has driven in 155 this year, but also amazing is that it ranks only 10th on the all-time Yankee list.  Rodriguez finished 3 for 5 with a walk, 2 runs scored and 4 runs batted in.

The Bad:

Mariano Rivera.  The Sandman didn't get the job done on Friday night.  He entered the game in the bottom of the ninth with a three-run and couldn't close the deal.  Hey, it happens.  On the plus side, Rivera has now gotten a blown save out of his system so he should be good for October.  Rivera's unusual totals: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 0 K.

The Ugly:

2 + 2 = 5.  I'd like to thank Brian for setting my crappy math straight.  For some reason I wrote on Thursday that the Yanks were really one game back instead of two in the division race since they owned the tie-breaker against the Red Sox.  That made no sense and was also dead wrong.  Oh well, I'm an idiot.

Andy Pettitte will get the call for the Yanks on Saturday.  The season is an exhibition one now, but it would be nice if Andy nailed down win number 15 on the season.  Daniel Cabrera makes the start for Baltimore.

Expect to see a bunch of players wearing high numbers for the Bombers.