NEW YORK — The YankeesAnd AstrosFor the American League pennant, the teams will be meeting for the third consecutive season.
Cleveland’s BABIP luck and timely hitting, which they rode to a 2-1 series lead in the AL Division Series versus New York, ran out in a winner-take-all Game 5 on Tuesday night. In their 5-1 defeat to the Yankees, the Guardians managed just one run on eight hits.
New York took a 3-0 lead after a three-run home run from the opposite field. Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton’s blast tied him with Carlos Beltran for the most home runs (11) in a player’s first 23 career postseason games. Guardians starter Aaron Civale lasted just five batters in the first before manager Terry Francona pulled him having just gotten one out, leaving Cleveland’s bullpen to get the last 26 outs of the game.
Aaron Judge added his second home run of the series in the second inning to push the Yankees’ lead to 4-0. Judge’s home run was his fourth in his career in an elimination game, which is the most in postseason history.
Because of Monday night’s rainout, it allowed Yankees Manager Aaron Boone to start
