New York Yankees defeat Guardians in Game 5 to take ALDS

 

The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night in Game 5 of the ALDS.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 5-1.  Nestor Cortes started for the Yankees and was good, the bullpen was also very good.  Aaron Judge had two hits to lead the offense. 

Cortes pitched five innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and two strikeouts.  Cortes picked up the win.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two innings giving up three hits and he struck out two, Clay Holmes pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts and Wandy Peralta pitched an inning giving up two hits and he struck out one. 

Aaron Civale started for the Guardians and he pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up two hits and three runs with a walk and a strikeout.  Civale took the loss, Sam Hentges pitched 1 2/3 innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts, Trevor Stephan pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up a run and a walk with four strikeouts and James Karinchak pitched 2 1/3 innings giving up three hits and he struck out three.  Emmanuel Clase pitched 1 1/3 innings with a walk and two strikeouts. 

Gleyber Torres drew two walks, Judge had two hits and an RBI and Anthony Rizzo had a hit and an RBI.  Giancarlo Stanton had a hit and three RBI, Josh Donaldson had a hit and Harrison Bader drew two walks.  Jose Trevino had a hit, Stanton and Judge each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 2-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base.  Torres had a stolen base. 

Steven Kwan had two hits, Amed Rosario had a hit and drew a walk and Jose Ramirez had a hit and an RBI.  Gabriel Arias had a hit, Austin Hedges had a hit and Owen Miller had a hit.  Luke Maile had a hit and the Guardians were 0-6 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base. 

In the first Stanton hit a three-run homerun giving the Yankees a 3-0 lead.  In the bottom of the second Judge hit a solo homerun pushing the lead to 4-0.  In the third Ramirez hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 4-1.  In the bottom of the fifth Rizzo hit an RBI single making it a 5-1 game and that would be the final score. 

The Yankees move on and the Guardians season ends.  The Yankees will begin the ALCS in Houston on Wednesday and Thursday nights.  They will have off on Friday before returning home for the weekend.