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In Game 4, Bader and Aaron Judge miscommunicated on a routine fly ball, turning an easy out into a baserunner. You have to play nearly flawless baseball to beat the Astros and the Yankees have done anything but.

Two players won't win you a postseason series, especially against a team like Houston.

It's not saying much, but those two led the charge for the Yankees offensively for the Yankees in the ALCS. Williams threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Game 4, coincidentally enough.īader and Rizzo went 5 for 8 in Game 5. Only Bernie Williams (1996), Alex Rodriguez (2009), and Giancarlo Stanton (2020) had more. The five homers tie him for the fourth most by a Yankee in a single postseason.

He had five homers in 86 regular-season games, all with the Cardinals before being traded to the Yankees at the deadline. That was Bader's fifth homer of the postseason. Then, in the sixth, Bader broke the tie and gave the Yankees a 5-4 lead with a long and loud solo home run to left field. In the fourth, Bader and Rizzo built a run with a single, a passed ball, and another single to tie the game. The Yankees did not go away quietly after blowing the 3-0 lead and falling behind 4-3. Rizzo and Bader gave the Yankees another lead That would have been a rough way for the man they call Nasty Nestor to end his breakout season. It's also good news that it's not an arm injury. The Yankees have no more games to play, but losing Cortes would have been a devastating blow had they kept their season alive. One of the three was a comebacker that hit him in the right wrist, just above the glove.Ĭortes missed about three weeks with the same injury at the end of August and start of September. Alas and alack, Peralta allowed hits to three of the next four batters, and the Astros took a 4-3 lead. It was only the third inning, but the middle of the order was due up, and it was no time to play around with lesser relievers. It's on the manager and trainers to do more than listen to the player and make the best decision for the team, and Boone didn't by leaving Cortes in.Īnyway, with the score tied and the season on the line, the Yankees went to lefty Wandy Peralta, one of their trusted high leverage arms. Of course the player is going to say he's healthy and can remain in the game. Needless to say, sticking with an injured pitcher - the Yankees have access to the same live velocity data as us and they surely knew Cortes' heater was down, and that he wasn't locating - in a win-or-go-home game was a questionable decision at best. The Yankees say it's a left groin injury, and during an in-game interview with TBS, Boone said Cortes had dealt with it since his first start of the postseason. Just like that, New York's 3-0 lead was gone and Cortes was out of the game after another visit from Boone and the trainer. Cortes told them he was fine, he stayed in the game, then a few pitches later he served up a game-tying three-run home run to Jeremy Peña. Manager Aaron Boone and the trainer came out to talk to Cortes and it was a quick chat. He was New York's steadiest hitter in the postseason. The Yankees were in danger of wasting that leadoff double before Rizzo came through. The two-out hit drove in Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who doubled to begin the inning. New York added a third run in the second inning, when Rizzo poked a grounder just out of Alex Bregman's reach at third base. Three hits in the first inning of Game 4 after three hits in Game 3. Gleyber Torres drove in a second run with a bloop into no-man's land in shallow right-center, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Harrison Bader opened the inning with a single to center, Anthony Rizzo took a pitch to the toe, then Giancarlo Stanton laced an RBI single to right. The Yankees struck firstįive batters into Game 4, the Yankees matched their hit total from Game 3. Here are five takeaways from Sunday's Game 4.

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The Philadelphia Phillies dispatched the San Diego Padres in Game 5 of the NLCS earlier Sunday, so the World Series matchup is set. Houston outscored the Yankees 18-9 in the four games. bent but did not entirely break, and the Astros hung around long enough until they could capitalize on another defensive miscue by the Yankees. The Astros were unable to stifle the Yankees' offense like Games 1-3, and instead had to rally from early 3-0 deficit in Game 4. It is the third time in the last six years and the fourth time in the last eight years the Astros have eliminated the Yankees in the postseason. Sunday night the Astros finished their authoritative ALCS sweep of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium ( HOU 6, NYY 5). NEW YORK - For the fourth time in the last six years, the Houston Astros are American League champions.

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