Mike Brosseau homered off Aroldis Chapman with one out in the eighth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5 of their ALDS series. The Rays will remain in San Diego to face the Houston Astros in the ALCS beginning Sunday night.
The New York Yankees are mourning the loss of one of their all-time greats,
as the team announced Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford died Thursday in his Long Island home. He was 91. Ford won a franchise-record 236 games over 16 seasons with the Yankees and was a major part of six world championship teams in the 1950s and 60s.