Judge struck out for the eighth time in nine at-bats in the series in his first time up. With Judge in a fall funk, Boone awoke Saturday with the idea of dropping the home run king from the leadoff spot into the No. 2 hole and making several tweaks to his lineup. The winner of this series advances to the ALCS to take on the Houston Astros, who swept Seattle. In Game 4, Cole will face Cal Quantrill, the same matchup as the opener. Propelled by a red-dressed sellout crowd – there was the usual throng of loud New York fans on hand as well – the Guardians went ahead early but wasted scoring chances against starter Luis Severino. It also hurt that Boone didn’t have Aroldis Chapman, who was left off the playoff roster when he skipped a workout, and Clay Holmes had pitched the previous two games.Ĭabrera hit a two-run homer and Bader added a solo shot for the Yankees, his second of the series. However, the Yankees’ bullpen, which has been plagued by injuries and inconsistency, couldn’t protect the lead. The timing couldn’t have been better as the Yankees needed a spark and got a seismic jolt from baseball’s most feared slugger. Judge’s 449-foot shot in the third inning off McKenzie was his first hit in 10 at-bats in the series. Judge belted a mammoth two-run homer, and Cabrera and Harrison Bader also connected for New York. We’ve been dealing with adversity all year long, this is nothing new to us.” “We have to come back and do our thing the next two games and take it back to the Bronx. They were outhit 15-5 and will be facing a team with all the momentum when they attempt to force the series back to Yankee Stadium for Game 5 on Monday. “Something tells me Sandy will never see it again,” Gonzalez said. It’s become a good luck charm for Gonzalez, who is following Alomar, a postseason hero in 1997 when Cleveland eliminated the Yankees in the Division Series.
Schmidt struck out Josh Naylor on three pitches before Gonzalez had his second monumental moment of this October.īefore homering a week ago, Gonzalez broke his belt sliding into second base and had to borrow first base coach Sandy Alomar’s belt before play resumed. Rosario followed with an RBI single to make it 5-4 before José Ramírez fisted an infield single to the open left side that shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa stopped with a slide, preventing the tying run from scoring. Kwan then dropped a base hit into left and Boone brought in Schmidt. With one out in the ninth, Myles Straw blooped a single off Wandy Peralta and scampered to second when the ball got by left fielder Oswaldo Cabrera, who missed it with a dive. “I didn’t know about that stat, and I just thank God for that and what makes it more special is it’s from another fellow countryman.” Gonzalez joined Hall of Famer and fellow Dominican Republic native David Ortiz (2004) as the only players to get three or more hits in the ninth inning or later in a single postseason. “But deep inside I feel like a kid.”įollowing the game, Gonzalez rode a scooter down one of the hallways inside Progressive Field. “I go there singing the song because I have a big body,” Gonzalez said through a translator. Gonzalez walks to the plate to the theme for “SpongeBob SquarePants,” a fitting anthem for baseball’s youngest team. The win followed a familiar formula for the Guardians, who led the majors with 29 wins in their final at-bat and have now done it twice in a week – both times with Gonzalez delivering the game-winning hit. Now we’re obviously up against it, but I still love our chances.”īefore Cleveland’s comeback, the Yankees were 167-0 in the postseason when entering the ninth inning with a multiple-run lead. Tonight obviously was a gut-wrenching ending, but we’ve got to get over it. “Love that Gerrit’s on the mound,” Manager Aaron Boone said.
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