The Houston Astros have owned the New York Yankees for years, and the American League Championship Series may have been the most accurate example of “brothers” in this rivalry.
The Astros completed their sweep of the Yankees with a 6-5 victory on Sunday night.
The Astros will face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
At 5-4, the Yankees ended the inning with a tailor-made double play ball in the seventh inning, but Gleyber Torres threw it outside Isiah Kiner Falefa (who also didn’t get a great angle). rice field. And Houston took advantage of it. Jordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman tied the game with consecutive runs to take the lead. The Astros bullpen shut it down from there.
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After struggling to start offense all series, the Yankees were desperate and scored early. Giancarlo Stanton and Torres hit back-to-back singles and the Bombers took a 2–0 lead on his first, then Anthony Rizzo added an RBI single in his second to give him a 3–0 lead.
However, the Astros quickly got back into the game and Jeremy Peña tied the game with a three-run homer. Nestor Cortez left the game with a left groin injury shortly after the home run (he had been checked by his trainer at bat beforehand). hit a double to Alvarez and allowed an RBI single to Kyle Tucker, giving Houston a 4–3 lead.
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But the Yanks weren’t dead.Rizzo hit an RBI single again in the fourth to tie the game. 5 home runs in 86 games), giving New York a 5–4 lead.
Vader’s home run, however, would be the last run the Yankees will score in 2022.
At one point there was talk that if the Yankees were on pace to break the 2001 Seattle Mariners record of 116 wins, they would be one of the greatest teams of all time. Instead, it’s another failure in the Bronx.
It will be the Astros’ second straight World Series appearance and fourth appearance in six seasons.
It was the Yankees’ third ALCS elimination since 2017, and all at the expense of the Astros.
Aaron Judge lost 4-0, 16-1 (.063) in the series and 36-5 (.139) in the postseason, lowering his career postseason average to .211. This was his one of the greatest offensive seasons ever, as he hit his AL-record 62 homers and hit . 311, his second-best batting average in the American league. After experiencing
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The sign-stealing scandal robbed the Yankees of their destiny from the 2017 World Series.
But at this point, that hatred should stem from jealousy. It’s hard to envy all fanbases without respecting the successful Astros.
Oh, the Astros are 7-0 this postseason.