Dave Roberts’s group fought its way out of a five-run hole, with the hosts’ help, and celebrated on the field in The Bronx in a dramatic, 7-6, Game 5 Yankees loss on Wednesday that was part heartbreaker and part self-inflicted head-shaker.

“I’m heartbroken. I’m heartbroken,” manager Aaron Boone repeated, “and I’m heartbroken for those guys that poured so much into this. The ending is cruel. It always is.”