Yankees squander lead, bounce back to take 3-1 advantage over Cleveland in ALCS

The New York Yankees tin respire a suspiration of relief, for present astatine least.

After squandering a four-run pb Friday night, the Yankees rallied against the champion person successful the crippled for an 8-6 triumph implicit the Cleveland Guardians to instrumentality a 3-1 pb successful the American League Championship Series.

The crippled seemed each but implicit erstwhile Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton continued his October dominance with a three-run location tally successful the sixth inning to enactment the Bronx Bombers ahead, 6-2.

It was thing but over, though.

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New York Yankees 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres (25) runs aft hitting an RBI azygous successful the ninth inning against the Cleveland Guardians during crippled 4 of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs astatine Progressive Field.  (David Dermer-Imagn Images)

The Guardians enactment runners connected the corners with nary retired successful the seventh, prompting Aaron Boone to spell with Clay Holmes a small implicit 24 hours aft helium allowed the walk-off location tally successful Game 3. It again didn’t spell well, arsenic 3 runs came crossed acknowledgment to back-to-back doubles from Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor. 

Mark Leiter Jr. entered the crippled and cleaned up the mess, but successful the eighth, the Game 3 hero, David Fry, tied it with a dilatory dribbler that neither Leiter nor Anthony Rizzo could handle.

With a prevention concern nonexistent for Cleveland, they brought successful Emmanuel Clase, whose postseason woes continued. The Yankees enactment runners connected 2nd and 3rd to commencement the inning, and Alex Verdugo and Gleyber Torres past each delivered an RBI single. 

Clase present has 8 earned runs this postseason aft allowing conscionable 5 successful the full regular season.

Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees reacts aft hitting a three-run location tally successful the sixth inning against the Cleveland Guardians during Game Four of the American League Championship Series astatine Progressive Field connected October 18, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

GUARDIANS CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE SHOWS OFF ACCOLADES RIGHT AFTER BLOWING SAVE TO YANKEES IN ALCS

Tommy Khanle came connected for the save, but issued a locomotion and a bloop azygous with a locomotion to enactment the winning tally astatine the plate. However, helium retired the adjacent 2 batters for the save.

The Yankees got things started with a large bang early, arsenic Juan Soto blasted a two-run homer earlier an retired was adjacent recorded. The Guardians got 1 backmost successful the bottommost fractional of the inning, but Austin Wells delivered with a solo changeable successful the second.

The Yankees are present 1 triumph distant from clinching their archetypal pennant since 2009 — the Guardians request to triumph the adjacent three, including 2 successful the Bronx — to advance.

Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees reacts arsenic helium crosses location sheet to people a tally successful the ninth inning against the Cleveland Guardians during Game Four of the American League Championship Series astatine Progressive Field connected October 18, 2024, successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

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Game 5 is Saturday nighttime astatine 8:08 p.m. successful Cleveland. Carlos Rodon volition look to nonstop the Yankees to the World Series, portion Tanner Bibee volition look to nonstop the Guardians backmost to New York.

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