Score Of The Guardians Game: N.Y.C. — The New York Yankees have won the ALDS and advanced to the AL Championship Series. The Yankees won the decisive Game 5 over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday afternoon (NYY 5, CLE 1). They will return home as Cleveland stays in Houston to play the Astros for the American League pennant. After five games in a best-of-five series, the American League Division Series ran eight days without a winner due to two rainouts.
New York’s choice to start Nestor Cortes was a huge success, as Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge, two of the league’s best hitters, helped put runs on the board early to give the Yankees some breathing space. The choice to start Aaron Civale instead of Shane Bieber on short rest cost the Guardians the game, as they never recovered from falling down. This article will discuss five key points from Game 5 and provide an outlook for what comes next.
The 2022 script was something special: the youngest team in baseball, a division title, and a 92-win season while peppering in some gritty come from behind wins and the emergence of some bright, young stars.
This chapter closes, but the story of this group is far from over. pic.twitter.com/3rtlE4zQiy
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) October 18, 2022
First, Stanton Hit Two More Home Runs In October
The choice by the Guardians to start Civale in Game 5 instead of Bieber on short rest was widely seen as odd. When your season is on the line, you want to send out one of the finest pitchers in the game like Bieber. Instead, the Indians went with homer-prone No. 4 starter Civale.
When questioned about not utilizing Bieber on short rest in a winner-take-all game, manager Terry Francona replied, “We just feel that it’s the proper thing to do for him and us.”
The choice to initiate Civale was immediately counterproductive. He walked Gleyber Torres on four pitches to start the game, hit Anthony Rizzo with a two-strike fastball, and then allowed Stanton to drive a three-run home run to the opposite field, putting the Guardians down 3-0 right away. Check out Stanton’s rocket dinger below:
Stanton hit his second home run of the series, giving him 11 for the playoffs, tying Carlos Beltrán for the most home runs through 23 playoff games. Ten of Stanton’s previous fifteen playoff at-bats have resulted in a home run. Because of that home shot, the Yankees have now scored in the opening inning of three of the five ALDS games they’ve played.
And Judge Did It With A Home Run, One Of The Most Significant In Baseball History
The 62-homer superstar Judge added another first to his historic season in the fifth game. His single home drive in the second inning put the Yankees up four runs and was his fourth career home run in a playoff game when the victor takes all. Greater numbers have never been achieved. For Game 5, Judge had this to say:
Before this, Judge had reached the deep stages of the AL Wild Card Games in both 2017 and 2018, as well as ALDS Game 5 in 2020. His fourth walk-off home run gave him sole possession of the first place, surpassing Stanton, Yogi Berra, Didi Gregorius, Troy O’Leary, and Moose Skowron in the process. Three of each were distributed among them. In fact, O’Leary is the only one of those guys who never donned a Yankees uniform.
Cortes Pitched For Five Innings
The outcomes of both starting pitcher choices were ideal. The Guardians started Civale, who allowed three runs on one out, instead of giving Bieber the day off after the game Monday night. But the Indians’ bullpen did a good job of keeping the Yankees in check, as four relievers held the team to just two runs in seven and the third inning of work.
Meanwhile, the Yankees started Cortes in Game 5 on short rest due to the rainout, and he pitched well. He allowed only one run over five innings against the Guardians while throwing just 61 pitches. The Yankees got all they could have hoped for from Nasty Nestor on short rest. Absolutely fantastic.
The Cavaliers had a pair of opportunities to make a comeback. The Guardians had one out and the bases loaded in the third inning, but they were only able to score one run thanks to a sacrifice fly by José Ramrez. After getting the first two runners in the sixth, they were unable to score due to two ground outs and a strikeout. To get back into Game 5, those were their best chances.
The Guardians posed little danger else to Cortes and the three Yankees relievers (Jonathan Loáisiga, Clay Holmes, and Wandy Peralta). It’s important to remember that Peralta met up with Josh Naylor and Giménez in each of the five ALDS games. Peralta stifled Cleveland’s top two left-handed hitters, striking them out four times and turning a double play. There’s just no way to top that. Peralta makes history as the first pitcher to appear in all five games in the ALDS.
One squad started its fresh No. 4 starter, while the other started its beaten-up No. 2 pitcher. Taking a chance with its greatest pitcher, the club that won Game 5 and advanced to the ALCS did so.
The Guardians’ Non-challenge Was A Lousy One, Number 4
The ALCS wasn’t kind to Cleveland’s replay coordinator. In Game 2, the Guardians failed both of their challenges, despite the fact that both calls seemed accurate upon first review (videos). In the fourth inning of Game 5, the Guardians elected not to dispute a potential infield single by Andrés Giménez. Rizzo failed to reach first base.
The Guardians were down at that point, 4-1. They need as many runners reaching second as possible. There were already two outs in the inning, so it’s possible that nothing would come of it, but you have to take risks, right? If you think he was out, that’s still near enough to challenge. It’s not always necessary for things to be easy. There’s absolutely no shame in playing a coin toss. Alas.
Five, Cleveland’s Record Of Futility Extends
Cleveland’s 11-game losing record in elimination games in the playoffs is now the longest in baseball history after their Game 5 defeat. It all goes back to the 1997 World Series, namely Game 7. Cleveland has also dropped eight straight playoff games when the victor takes all. Their last 11 elimination games in the playoffs are as follows:
- The Yankees won Game 5 of the 2022 ALDS 5-1. (winner-take-all)
- Losing to the Yankees, 10-9, in Game 2 of the 2020 American League Wild Card Series
- Astros win Game 3 of the 2018 ALDS, 11-3.
- Game 5 of the 2017 ALDS was a Yankees’ 5-2 victory (winner-take-all)
- The Cubs won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, 8-7. (winner-take-all)
- 2013 American League Wild Card Game: Rays win 4-0 (winner-take-all)
- Red Sox win ALCS Game 7 in 2007 by a score of 11-2. (winner-take-all)
- The Mariners beat the Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 of the 2001 American League Division Series (winner-take-all)
- The Red Sox won Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS, 12-8. (winner-take-all)
- During Game 6 of the 1998 American League Championship Series, the Yankees defeated the Rangers 9-5.
- Losing to the Marlins by a score of 3-2 in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series (winner-take-all)
Included are some true tearjerkers, such as Edgar Renteria’s walk-off single that won the 1997 World Series and the 2016 World Series defeat. For the last 25 years, ever since Game 6 of the 1997 World Series, Cleveland has not won an elimination game in the playoffs. When 2023 rolls along, they can finally put an end to those ghosts (or they could just not play an elimination game).
The Following Six Sentences
It is the offseason for the Guardians. We can no longer risk having them around. In the ALCS, the Yankees will face the Astros. Wednesday night is the first game of the series at Minute Maid Park. The Yankees and Astros will be meeting in the ALCS for the third time in the previous six years, with both 2017 and 2019 ALCS meetings being won by the Astros.
Game 1 will be started by Justin Verlander (18-4, 1.75) and Jameson Taillon (14-5, 3.96) respectively. In the World Series, the victor of the Astros-Yankees ALCS will face the victor of the Padres-Phillies NLCS.
Final Words
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