Astros ride Alex Bregman homer Framber Valdez gem to beat Yankees 3-2 take 2-0 ALCS lead Mlb HEAD TOPICS
Astros ride Alex Bregman homer Framber Valdez gem to beat Yankees 3-2 take 2-0 ALCS lead
10/21/2022 6:01:00 AM Alex Bregman slugged a three-run homer in the third inning to lead the Astros over the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALCS
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The Astros have a 2-0 ALCS lead and need two wins to vanquish the Yankees for the third time in six years and return to their fourth World Series in that span. Alex Bregman slugged a three-run homer in the third inning to lead the Astros over the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALCS And put Valdez in the second. The core of this club has gradually changed since the 2019 revelation that their ’17 titlists utilized an illicit sign-stealing campaign that boosted their efforts and earned the public’s enmity. Valdez, though, became a core player in 2020, a talented but occasionally inattentive lefty who has blossomed into a playoff staple. He was largely fabulous Thursday, pitching seven innings and striking out nine, finishing strong by striking out the side in his final inning, giving up no earned runs.Alas, it was the two unearned runs of Valdez’s own creation that made this victory tenuous. Read more:
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He’s fine You mean A criminal resisting arrest so Deputies did what they had to do to arrest him October 21, 2022 And put Valdez in the second.October 20, 2022 11:02pm HOUSTON — So far this season, the Yankees have overcome a terrible stretch in August and two elimination games against Cleveland in the ALDS.And in Game 1 of this series, the pattern held.More Videos Breggy blasts bomb for early lead The first runs of the game came courtesy of Alex Bregman, who, with two outs and two runners on base in the third inning, crushed Luis Severino's four-seam fastball 360 feet to left. The core of this club has gradually changed since the 2019 revelation that their ’17 titlists utilized an illicit sign-stealing campaign that boosted their efforts and earned the public’s enmity. Valdez, though, became a core player in 2020, a talented but occasionally inattentive lefty who has blossomed into a playoff staple. Luis Severino gave up a three-run homer to Alex Bregman in the third inning in Thursday’s Game 2 at Minute Maid Park and the Yankee offense was quiet once again, as they dropped a second straight game to start the series, 3-2. He was largely fabulous Thursday, pitching seven innings and striking out nine, finishing strong by striking out the side in his final inning, giving up no earned runs. He is a quality start machine, and one of the hardest pitchers to homer against. Alas, it was the two unearned runs of Valdez’s own creation that made this victory tenuous. The Yankees inserted Oswald Peraza at shortstop, put Oswaldo Cabrera back in left and inserted Harrison Bader into the leadoff spot and got the same result they nearly always get this time of year in Houston. After Bregman’s three-run homer, Yankee slugger Aaron Judge started the fourth with a single. Yes, the roof is open And, no, the Minute Maid Park roof (the roof) isn't on fire, but it certainly doesn't need any water, even though the crowd should be fired up all the same. Giancarlo Stanton followed with an innocuous comebacker to Valdez, who turned an easy play into a game-changing adventure. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post Alex Bregman rounds the bases after his three-run home run. The rest of the lineup has been a work in progress, and manager Aaron Boone is making changes for Game 2. He whirled toward first base, lost his footing and then compounded the matter by throwing wildly to the bag, putting the Yankee behemoths on second and third with nobody out. It was a gift two runs, turning a dominant 3-0 lead into a 3-2 nailbiter. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post They’ve dropped all five games played here this season, as well as eight of nine postseason games played on the road against the Astros. Yet it seemed to fortify Valdez. After Gleyber Torres’ single plated the second run, Valdez struck out seven of the final 12 batters he faced, allowing just a Harrison Bader single. Game 2 marks just the sixth time in franchise postseason history that the roof was open. Included in there was his nifty pickup of Peraza’s slow roller down the first base line and tricky toss to first baseman Yuli Gurriel. No small task after his fourth-inning adventure. He ended it by punching out Josh Donaldson, Kyle Higashioka and Peraza, removing his cap, uttering some words of thanks, smiling, pointing to the crowd and then running the gauntlet of celebrating teammates after setting himself up to notch his fifth postseason win, against two losses. There was one more exhalation to come. Reliever Bryan Abreu’s one-out walk to Bader brought Judge up as the winning run in the eighth. He missed nearly two months with a lat strain this past season. He pasted an Abreu pitch to right field, sending Kyle Tucker to the fence. A little hop – just high enough to slide the morning paper under his spikes – enabled Tucker to haul the ball in just above the short wall. According to Statcast, it was a home run in just one major league park – Yankee Stadium. That’s where the series will now shift, and perhaps the notorious short porch will aid the Bombers. Yet shifting the series is both a good- and bad-news scenario for them. Golden 'Stros: Houston well represented as finalists for top defensive award Rookie Jeremy Peña's banner regular season - and postseason, really - could mean some honorary hardware by the time the season ends. The good news: Aces Gerrit Cole and Nestor Cortes will start Games 3 and 4, respectively. The bad news: The Astros have put them in this hole while leadoff batter and playoff legend Jose Altuve has fallen into an 0 for 23 hole to start this postseason, and slugger Yordan Alvarez has been held to a harmless single in two games. No, the Astros have done it with all their parts, from No. 9 batter Martin Maldonado reaching base all three times he was up, to rookie shortstop Jeremy Pea getting yet another hit in front of another huge home run, and then making a deft grab of a Bregman deflection to create a 5-6-3 putout in the sixth. They can afford to exhale. Peña, Tucker, and Astros fans will find out the Gold Glove winners during a special edition of ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" on Nov. The Yankees? More like the air is almost out of their postseason balloon. .