The Bronx Bombers enter the championship series in search of a new Fall Classic.
After the weather wreaked havoc for several days, the New York Yankees were finally able to assert their superiority over the Cleveland Guardians by defeating them 5-1 in Game 5 of the division series to face the Houston Astros for the championship. American League, which means a ticket to the World Series.
The ninth, commanded by Aaron Boone, was well supported by the performance of Cuban Nestor Cortes from the mound since he limited the rivals to a single run in only five innings of work, with three hits received, a ball granted and two prescribed strikeouts, which allowed the offence to move the scoreboard with its tremendous hits.
From the first inning, the Bronx Bombers' woods lit up to punish Aaron Civale, who barely managed to get an out before being removed from the game due to Giancarlo Stanton's home run that brought in runs from Gleyber Torres and Anthony Rizzo, who they were packaged by decision of the coach and a pitch respectively.
For the next chapter, Aaron Judge lifted the crowd with a powerful solo home run to right field, which buried any chance for the Guardians, who barely put a scratch on the board in the third inning.
Rizzo delivered the final blow with a single, bringing Gleyber Torres home again. Then he let the pitching relief put the Yankees in the American.
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Meanwhile, in the National League, he started the Championship Series with the Philadelphia Phillies as the winning team in Game 1 by beating the San Diego Padres 2-0, who were unable to take advantage of home-field advantage in an exciting pitching duel between Zach Wheeler and Yu Darvish that lasted seven innings.
The visiting ninth righty did not disappoint and showed why he is the ace of Rob Thomson's rotation with an impeccable job that only saw Will Myers ' hit disrupt his game as he recorded just one walk and eight strikeouts. , an almost perfect match.
For his part, Japan's Darvish could have had a day similar to Wheeler's; only he allowed two earned runs thanks to the timely appearance of Philadelphia's two deadliest hitters; Bryce Harper, who homered to left field in the fourth roll, and Kyle Schwarber, who followed suit in the sixth inning, though his shot went to the right.
Suppose the Phillies and the Yankees continue their winning streak in their respective games. In that case, there is the possibility of repeating the World Series played in 2009, the year in which the New Yorkers won their last Fall Classic, while those of the National League snapped an 11-year playoff skid, in addition to getting their possible revenge.
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