![]() Kyle Tucker keeps it in the park! □ #Postseason /jUEITZarqN- MLB October 21, 2022 Both Astros starters labored a bit early on, then found it in the middle innings, and rolled to the finish. Justin Verlander retired the final 11 batters he faced in Game 1, including nine on strikeouts. Valdez settled downĪfter the Torres infield single to score New York's second run, Valdez retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced, including seven via strikeout. Good two-strike hitting - good 0-2 count hitting - by Rizzo and Torres to put the ball in play and get those important runs home. In that fourth inning though, contact reigned supreme. Going into Game 2, the Yankees had scored 18 of their 22 postseason runs on home runs, or 82 percent (the Astros had a similar rate going into Game 2: 13 of 17, or 76 percent). Only 11 pitches after Bregman made it 3-0, the Yankees cut it to 3-2. Anthony Rizzo pulled a two-strike grounder to first base to score the first run and advance the runner to third, then Gleyber Torres beat out a two-strike infield single to score the second run. The Yankees got the two runs in, which is important, though it wasn't sexy. Suddenly it was 3-0 Astros.įramber fumbles potential DP ball, Yankees are threatening /fJcmqjzTIZ- Talkin’ Baseball October 21, 2022 But, it landed in the seats, and that's all that matters. At 91.8 mph, it was the fifth weakest-hit postseason home run of the Statcast era (since 2015), and similar batted balls go for a hit only 4 percent of the time. ![]() In the bottom of the third, Bregman beat Luis Severino to his spot and parked an inside fastball into the Crawford Boxes for a three-run home run. Over the last three years, the home run rate to left field has been about 13 percentage points higher with the roof open than with the roof closed, and that little extra boost may have helped Alex Bregman and the Astros take an early 3-0 lead in Game 2. Bregman opened the scoringįor only the second time in 2022, the Minute Maid Park roof was open Thursday night. Here are four takeaways from Game 2, plus a look at what's next. The Yankees last did it against the Braves in the 1996 World Series. The last team to erase a 2-0 series deficit was the Dodgers over the Braves in the 2020 NLCS. They have five opportunities to win two games. The series is far from over, but the Astros are sitting pretty. Historically, teams that take a 2-0 series lead in a best-of-seven have gone on to win the series 84 percent of the time. Alex Bregman provided the game-winning swing and, for the second straight night, the Yankees struggled simply to make contact in important at-bats. Thursday night, the Astros hung on to beat the New York Yankees in Game 2 of the ALCS ( HOU 3, NYY 2). The Houston Astros are two wins away from their fourth American League pennant in the last six years.
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