For the first time in 24 years, the New York Mets and New York Yankees have both won a playoff game on the same day.

In the end, it was Yankees left fielder Alex Verdugo, an unlikely hero, who drove in the winning run as the Yankees topped the Royals 6-5, sending the 48,790 sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium home happy.

This American League Division Series was only a few days away, and Alex Verdugo still couldn’t speak with any authority about his role on the Yankees' roster, responding with a verbal shrug. He had lost playing time in the final month of the regular season,