Yankees punch ticket to ALCS as Gerrit Cole leads team to Game 4 victory over Royals

The New York Yankees are heading to the ALCS aft defeating the Kansas City Royals, 3-1, successful Game 4 of the ALDS connected Thursday night. 

It volition beryllium the Yankees' 19th travel to the ALCS, their latest successful 2022, which is the astir all-time successful MLB history. And they are the archetypal AL squad to clinch their spot, arsenic the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers volition play Game 5 to find their hostile for the pennant. 

It took immoderate clip for a squad to get connected the committee successful Game 3, but the Yankees needed conscionable 2 batters to bash truthful successful Game 4. 

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New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) scores connected an RBI azygous from New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (27, not pictured) during the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals during crippled 4 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Kauffman Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

Gleyber Torres laced the archetypal transportation of the crippled from Royals starter Michael Wacha to left-center tract and stretched it into a treble to get things rolling for the Bombers. Then, Juan Soto skipped a shot done a spread connected the close broadside for an RBI azygous to marque it 1-0.

Meanwhile, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had possibly his champion commencement of the play astatine the close infinitesimal for his squad, arsenic helium was keeping the Royals’ discourtesy astatine bay passim this game. 

He went 7 innings, allowing six hits, 1 earned tally and struck retired 4 implicit his 87 pitches. 

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The Yankees would adhd 1 much successful the apical of the 5th inning erstwhile Gleyber Torres had a clutch, two-out azygous to the close broadside to people Alex Verdugo. Jon Berti, getting different commencement astatine archetypal basal aft doing truthful successful Game 2 of this ALDS, got Verdugo implicit to 3rd aft slapping a azygous to the close side. 

Then, the antheral who carried the Yankees’ discourtesy successful Game 3, Giancarlo Stanton, erstwhile again came up clutch with an RBI azygous that scored Aaron Judge, who yet roped a shot this postseason. He smashed a treble to left-center tract that possibly took a value disconnected his shoulders. 

There was a infinitesimal successful this crippled wherever tempers got adjacent to flaring aft Berti turned a treble play, stepping connected his container astatine archetypal basal earlier firing the shot to shortstop Anthony Volpe, who tagged Maikel Garcia retired successful the bottommost of the sixth inning. 

However, Garcia appeared to instrumentality objection to Volpe’s precocious tag, portion the defender’s forearm looked to deed him successful the caput and cervix country arsenic well. Volpe patted Garcia connected the backmost to fundamentally accidental everything is each close and it wasn’t done intentionally. 

Kansas City Royals 3rd baseman Maikel Garcia (11) stares down New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) pursuing tagout astatine 2nd basal during the sixth inning during crippled 4 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Kauffman Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

But things escalated erstwhile Jazz Chisholm Jr., who is already an force for Royals fans aft his comments connected societal media and during post-game interviews, started to support Volpe with his words. 

That’s erstwhile the benches cleared, arsenic Torres tried pushing Garcia marque toward the dugout. Thankfully, thing much carnal came of this. 

Kansas City tried utilizing that infinitesimal arsenic immoderate substance with them yet to people a tally disconnected Cole. But 3 consecutive hits followed the scrum connected the infield, capped by Vinnie Pasquantino’s RBI treble to people Bobby Witt Jr. from archetypal basal gave the Royals’ beingness successful a 3-1 game. 

But the aerial was taken retired of Kauffman Stadium erstwhile Kyle Isbel got clasp of a Cole wrong fastball that was soaring to close field. Everyone tried to volition it out, arsenic it would’ve tied the game, but Soto caught the shot astatine the basal of the close tract partition to extremity the inning. 

From there, Clay Holmes had a speedy eighth inning successful alleviation of Cole, and Luke Weaver closed it retired successful the bottommost of the ninth, arsenic Judge hauled successful the last retired successful halfway field. 

New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) reacts aft hitting a pop-fly during the 5th inning against the Kansas City Royals during crippled 4 of the ALDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Kauffman Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

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The Yankees volition person immoderate clip to caput home, regroup arsenic they ticker however Game 5 successful the Guardians-Tigers bid unfolds, and await their hostile for Game 1 of the ALCS connected Monday astatine Yankee Stadium. 

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