“It was in the moment.”Ĭivale threw just 12 of 26 pitches for strikes, getting only one swing and miss and just one out. So I’ve seen those guys doing it,” Judge said. “I’ve been watching a lot of Premier League soccer games. He tugged at and kissed the interlocking “NY” on his jersey after reaching the dugout. Judge, who homered on an opposite-field drive to right against Sam Hentges, became the first player with four homers in winner-take-all postseason games. “We definitely had to throw the first punch in a game like this,” Stanton said.
The Yankees scored 16 of their 20 runs on long balls. 182 but outhomered the Guardians 9-3 as Stanton and Judge each went deep twice. José Ramírez’s third-inning sacrifice fly drove in the only run for Cleveland, which has lost a big league record 11 straight postseason elimination games. We need to take this and go, because I think we have a chance to have something really special.” This can’t just be a good story this year.
“This needs to be a starting place for us.
“I know they are hurting right now,” Francona said. The Guardians whose $68 million payroll is a fraction of the Yankees’ $274 million, led 2-1 in the best-of-five series. With two outs and two on, Myles Straw hit a grounder to shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who flipped to Torres to end it.Īnthony Rizzo had a fifth-inning RBI bloop single for AL East champion New York, which is seeking its 28th title and first since 2009,ĪL Central champion Cleveland, the youngest team in the majors, remained without a championship since 1948. It’s such an exciting moment,” Peralta said through a translator. “Just getting the last out, it’s hard to explain. Peralta became the first Yankees pitcher to appear in all five games of a Division Series. Jonathan Loáisiga, Clay Holmes and Wandy Peralta finished with five-hit scoreless relief. “So for me, this is just a cherry on top,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rain caused a postponement.Ĭleveland manager Terry Francona stayed the course with Aaron Civale instead of switching to 2020 Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber on short rest. Now they can watch on TV the next series for us,” Torres said after the Yankees beat the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series on Tuesday night.
Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge rocked Cleveland with early homers, and Nestor Cortes and the New York Yankees rolled into another AL Championship Series matchup with the Houston Astros. NEW YORK (AP) - Gleyber Torres stepped on second base for the final out, swinging his arms back and forth, four times in all, while glaring at Josh Naylor and the Guardians dugout.
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