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The pitch is a knuckle-curve, and the pitcher who knuckled the Yankees under on this raw, cold night was a Jersey Guy named Zac Gallen. 

All Zac Gallen did was deliver this sobering message to the Yankees: Damn the torpedoes. Damn your torpedoes. He drove them batty. 

Damn Yankees struck out 13 times during Zac Gallen’s 6 ²/₃ innings of three-hit shutout ball. It tied his career high. 

He turned them into the Hole in the Bat Gang.