Will New York And Houston Get Game 4 Of The ALCS In On Wednesday?
New York and Houston are supposed to play game four of the American League Championship Series in the Bronx on Wednesday night but mother nature might have a say as to if they play or if it gets moved to another day.
The National Weather Service projects a 90 percent chance of rain Wednesday, while The Weather Channel predicts a 100 percent chance of rain. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/astros-yankees-weighing-options-for-possible-game-4-rain
New York comes into the game with a record of 1-2 while Houston meanwhile leads the series 2-1. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/roster/probable-pitchers
The starting pitchers for this game have yet to be announced but if the game is postponed Masahiro Tanaka could start game four for New York.
In game one in Houston In six innings against Tanaka, the Astros had a walk and a single, didn’t get a runner into scoring position and hit only two balls out of the infield. Tanaka struggled at times this season, but in two postseason starts, including one in the AL Division Series against the Twins, he has allowed one earned run in 11 innings. As for considering the legacy part of the deal, he’s not there yet. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/masahiro-tanaka-among-postseason-elite
The Astros, who are also scheduled to have a bullpen game for Game 4, would likely bring back Zack Greinke to pitch instead. “according to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/astros-yankees-weighing-options-for-possible-game-4-rain
As for game three of the American League Championship Series,
Houston took the lead.
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
First pitch is set for 8:08pm from Yankee Stadium. The game will be televised on FS1.