Newsday's Yankees beat writer Erik Boland discussed the Yankees' season-saving 5-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 4 of the ALDS on Thursday night in San Diego. Gerrit Cole, the Yankees' big-ticket ace, will start the deciding Game 5 on Friday night.


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