The Yankees put the final point on the Guardians

The Houston Astros expected a rival in the Championship Series and it was finally defined after the victory of the New York team. In a series full of comebacks, the Yankees managed to win the series 3-2 when they came within a single loss of dismissing the dream of winning the World Series.

In the actions of the match, the blow of authority came just in the first inning, when Giancarlo Stanton hit a home run that added three runs in favor of the locals. Unfortunately for Cleveland’s cause, the answer didn’t come and the score was already 4-0 at the bottom of the second inning.

The reaction was insufficient despite arriving only in the third roll of the expected meeting, which would be the only one for the Guardians at night. The resounding 5-1 result would close with Gleyber Torres stealing the hit line in the fifth inning.

Néstor Cortés took the spotlight as one of the most important pieces in the series for the Yankees. The Cuban pitcher barely allowed a run in the decisive game where he only allowed three hits and concluded the series with 10 innings of two runs.

“It feels amazing, we did it. We fell down 1-2, but we were able to win game 4 and then game 5 to advance (…) I prepared myself all season for this moment and I am proud to have come out to give those five innings to the team”, closed Cortés about your participation.

Now the New York team has the mission of winning against the Houston Astros, who have already played six consecutive Championship Series. In addition to this, the game has shades of revenge for what happened in the 2019 season where the Yankees were defeated.

That result was ‘stained’ by the controversy that arose from the stolen signs of the Houston team, a situation that was revealed weeks after the World Series, which the Astros ended up losing in seven games against the Washington Nationals. Minute Maid Park will return to Championship Series activity with the visit of the Yankees on October 19.

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