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Astros: Recap| Highlights| Game yesterday| Did win
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL).
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Recap
When Justin Verlander was working hard and needed 45 pitches for two innings, Astros manager Dusty Baker was concerned that he would have to go early in his bullpen.
Instead, the veteran ace bent down and found a slot, scoring 11 runs in six strong innings to help Houston beat the New York Yankees 4-2 in their AL Championship Series opener on Wednesday night.
“This man, he has the mental fortitude,” Baker said. “When he’s down and out and it looks like you’ve got him in trouble, this man, he can dial it up.”
Yuli Guriel launched a tiebreaking homer for Houston in the sixth. Chas McCormick and Jeremy Pea also went deep as the AL West champions improved to 4–0 in the playoffs after going 106–56 during the regular season.
The Astros are in their sixth consecutive ALCS, trying to reach the World Series for the fourth time in that period, against a New York team in the LCS for the first time since being eliminated by Houston in 2019.
The game was a 1-all tie when Gurrill added reliever Clark Schmidt for a single shot to put Houston on top in the left-field seats. After two at-bats, McCormick sent a sinker from Schmidt into right field to make it 3-1.
Highlights
Eight teams made their debut in the season after 2022 on Saturday. After today’s League Division Series games, this number dropped significantly.
The Philadelphia Phillies finished the Atlanta Braves with an 8–3 National League Division Series Game 4 victory, with the Phillies rocking the Citizens Bank Park.
The Seattle Mariners played their first home playoff game in more than 20 years, but they could not avert a sweep by the Houston Astros. And the San Diego Padres ousted the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers after rallying for a 5-3 victory in Game 4.
The American League Division Series matchup between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians was split after the first two games in the Bronx. But the Guardians pushed the 99-win Yankees to the brink of elimination with a walk-off victory in Game 3.
Game yesterday
The Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday night. The Astros lead 1-0 in a best-of-seven series, meaning they are three games away from securing a ticket to the World Series for the fourth time since 2017.
The Astros fell behind in the second inning, as Harrison Bader delivered his fourth home run in his sixth postseason game since this fall, launching a single shot against Justin Verlander. Houston tied things up at the bottom of the innings. Backstop Martin Maldonado launches an opposite-field double that propelled Chas McCormick.
By the sixth inning both the sides will trade for zero. That happened when first baseman Yuli Guriel hit a home run in left field to top Houston 2-1. The aforementioned McCormick later hit his own single home to run two batters, taking the lead to 3–1. Another home run, this time from Jeremy Pea in seventh, made it 4-1.
Did win
The Astros scored three home runs Yuli Gurrill, Chas McCormick and Jeremy Pea cranked out single homers and gave the Astros a 4-2 win over the Yankees.
