The New York Yankees defeated the
Houston Astros on Saturday night in Game 1 of the ALCS. The game took place at Minute Maid Park in
Houston, Texas and the final score was 7-0.
Masahiro Tanaka started for the Yankees and he pitched brilliantly. The Yankees bullpen finished the job and the
offense was led by Gleyber Torres who had five RBI.
Tanaka pitched six innings giving
up one hit and no runs. He walked one
and struck out four and picked up the victory.
Adam Ottavino pitched an inning giving up two hits and no runs, Zack
Britton pitched an inning giving up a walk and he struck out two and Jonathan
Loaisiga pitched a perfect inning.
Zack Greinke pitched six innings
giving up seven hits and three runs. He
walked none and struck out six and took the loss. Ryan Pressly pitched 2/3 of an inning giving
up four hits and two runs with a strikeout, Josh James pitched 1 1/3 innings
with three strikeouts and Bryan Abreu pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two
hits and two runs with two walks. Hector
Rondon pitched to one batter and struck him out.
DJ LeMahieu had two hits and drew a
walk, Aaron Judge had two hits and Torres had three hits and five RBI. Edwin Encarnacion drew a walk, Giancarlo
Stanton had two hits and an RBI and Gary Sanchez had a hit. Gio Urshela had two hits and an RBI, Didi
Gregorius had a hit and Torres hit a double.
Torres, Stanton and Urshela each hit a homerun. The Yankees were 3-11 with runners in scoring
position and left seven men on base.
Judge had a stolen base and an outfield assist.
Michael Brantley had a hit, Jose
Altuve had a hit and Alex Bregman drew a walk.
Yuli Gurriel drew a walk, Kyle Tucker had a hit and the Astros were 0-1
with runners in scoring position and left two men on base. Springer committed an error.
In the fourth Torres hit an RBI
double to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead and in the sixth a Torres solo homerun
pushed the lead to 2-0. Stanton hit a
solo homerun to extend the lead to 3-0.
In the seventh Torres hit a two-run single and the lead was pushed to 5-0. In the ninth Urshela hit a solo homerun and
Torres hit an RBI ground out to make it 7-0 and that would be the final
score.
The Yankees have a 1-0 series lead
and the two teams will play game two on Sunday night.
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