NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees didn’t expect to advance temporarily in the American League departmental series; they have too much respect for the Goalkeepers and the overall point of the festival at what manager Aaron Boone calls “the highest point in the country” to put it in that sense. But they expected their path to be less difficult than that.
Giancarlo Stanton’s first run of the house advised that the Yankees could work their way to a healthy merit in the series, but the bats of the Bombers fell silent. 2, in Game 2 on Friday at Yankee Stadium, tying five ALDS with one win each.
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“We’ve had adversity in this long season on our way to winning the division,” said Aaron Judge, who has hit 4 times and has no hits in the ALDS (0-of-8, seven strikeouts, one base on balls). This is not new to us We have the guys in this room to pass out and finish this job.
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In the Divisional Series with the existing 2-2-1 format (excluding the 2020 series played in independent venues), there have been 39 previous cases of separation of the first two games. In those 39 series, the club returns home for games 3 and four complexes 26 times (67%).
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“We never imagined it would be simple,” Boone said. We’re going to get on this plane [to Cleveland] and look for one tomorrow. Nothing changes for us. Nothing has been simple for us this year, especially at the time of the season.
Stanton’s home run in the first inning included the Yankees’ offensive production, scoring the tenth playoff shot of his career. Stanton dropped Shane Bieber’s next pitch into the right-field seats for a two-run run.
“You have to block it,” he said Stanton. Si I would have worried about it, I wouldn’t have made it to this circuit.
That’s where Bieber squeezed the floodgates, a hallmark of a Cleveland team that pinned its hopes on pitching and batting at the right time. Although fan favorite Nestor Cortes held Cleveland with two runs in five innings in his playoff debut, the Yanks controlled six hits. in the game, five against Bieber, which lasted five 2/3 innings.
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Cortes promised that the Yankees would “retaliate” in Game 3, but it’s worth noting that Judge’s historic normal season so far hasn’t dragged on until the playoffs. of which he provoked boos from a crowd of 47,535 other people, a scene that would have been unthinkable a week ago.
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“It will be fine,” Stanton said. We have two of 3 to win, and he will do that. “
Boone revised his programming card, hoping to break away from a big October moment. The Yanks sent Matt Carpenter to hit two men in the sixth, the veteran mustachioed veteran’s first batting since fracturing his left foot on Aug. 8. Rule Five Project.
“I looked for him to win the game,” Boone said. That’s our chance there. You can’t wait. You will start waiting forever. “
Against the Cleveland Reliefrs Bullpen, the Yanks slightly put the ball in play; his only baserunner who failed to get a base on balls Anthony Rizzo, who pitched a single in the ninth inning closer to Emmanuel Clase. New York loaded the bases with three bases on balls in the eighth inning against James Karinchak before Clase retired Kyle Higashioka to finish the frame in a lineup that snapped a streak of nine consecutive Yankees to walk or retire.
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“It was just a difficult day,” said Isiah Kiner-Falefa. “We couldn’t get the big fish we needed. “
The Yankees have won 23 postseason games in their history, but none since Raul Ibanez finished Game 3 of the 2012 ALDS against the Orioles with a run in the 12th inning. There is no new bankruptcy to write on Friday; instead, the Guardians came forward, enjoying smooth contact.
As Jameson Taillon made his first career appearance after 143 past starts, Jose Ramirez hit a double pop-fly off left fielder Oswaldo Cabrera, who slipped but couldn’t get the ball back. to advance, and Oscar Gonzalez hit the green light with an undeniable bloop to the right on a shot inside the frame.
Josh Naylor doubled the head of center back Harrison Bader as Cleveland bolstered its lead, providing a reminder that no one on the Yankees’ bench needed it.
“We have our paintings cut out for us,” Donaldson said. We knew it was going to be a fight. “