New York Can't Cash In Against Gerrit Cole As Houston Takes The Lead In The ALCS
On a night when the opposing pitcher Gerrit Cole wasn’t excellent you would think New York would be able to take advantage.
Turns out that wasn’t the case.
Though the Yankees battled Gerrit Cole as well as any of his recent opponents, placing multiple runners on base in four of the AL Cy Young Award contender's seven scoreless innings, the Bombers were unable to capitalize as the Astros celebrated a 4-1 victory in Tuesday's Game 3 of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium.”according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-lose-game-3-of-alcs
The only offense that New York got was provided by their second baseman. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-lose-game-3-of-alcs
Gleyber Torres broke up the shutout with an eighth-inning homer off reliever Joe Smith, representing the Yanks' first run since Aaron Judge homered in the fourth inning of ALCS Game 2. The Yankees are now presented with the challenge of having to beat either Cole or Justin Verlander at least once in order to advance to the World Series. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/yankees-lose-game-3-of-alcs
As for Luis Severino who started for New York.
The right -hander pitched 4 1/3 innings while permitting two home runs.
Both runs against Severino came on solo home runs, as José Altuve took him deep in the first inning and Josh Reddick did the same in the second, both on hanging sliders. But the right-hander found himself in trouble aside from the homers, loading the bases in the first while putting a runner in scoring position in the second, fourth and fifth. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-severino-game-3-alcs
Severino worked out of the jams, but a 36-pitch first inning and a 26-pitch second left him in bad shape when it came to getting the Yanks deep into the ballgame. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-severino-game-3-alcs
Meanwhile Houston was on the other end of the spectrum in game three of the American League Championship Series in the Bronx as they were able to take a 2-1 lead.
Working without his best stuff, Cole delivered one of the most clutch pitching performances in Astros playoff history by holding the Yanks’ powerful offense scoreless for seven innings and stealing the show in a 4-1 win at Yankee Stadium. “according to https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/gerrit-cole-astros-win-alcs-game-3
Cole walked a career-high-tying five batters and struck out only seven, ending his streak of consecutive games with double-digit strikeouts at 11, but he still managed to improve to 19-0 in his last 25 starts to extend the longest single-season win streak in baseball history. Houston is 16-0 in his last 16 starts. “according to https://www.mlb.com/astros/news/gerrit-cole-astros-win-alcs-game-3
As for the Houston offense,
It came from José Altuve (first inning) and Josh Reddick (second inning), who hit solo homers off Yanks starter Luis Severino. The Astros pushed a pair of runs across in the seventh on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly for a 4-0 lead, causing hope to dissipate in the Bronx. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/luis-severino-game-3-alcs
Game 4 of the American League Championship Series is supposed to be played on Wednesday in the Bronx but mother nature might have a the say as if the game is postponed or not.