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SPORTS Thursday 19 OcTOber 2017

Tanaka, Yankees top Keuchel, Astros 5-0 for 3-2 lead in ALCS

ed an RBI double just inside
the third base line and past
a diving Alex Bregman.
Brett Gardner sped all the
way around from first and
scored with a headfirst
slide.
Bregman’s throwing error
on Chase Headley’s infield
single aided the Yankees in
the fifth. Keuchel pitched
around Judge and walked
him with two outs before
Sanchez lined a run-scor-
ing single into the left-field
corner.
Going into that at-bat,
Sanchez was 1 for 16 with
seven strikeouts in the se-
ries — and 0 for 8 with 6
strikeouts against Keuchel
overall.
Gregorius then grounded
an RBI single up the middle
that grazed the glove of
diving second baseman
Jose Altuve. With the score
4-0, that was it for Keuchel
after he yielded his most
runs ever to New York.
Sanchez hit his third post-
season homer off Brad
Peacock in the seventh to
make it 5-0.
New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka reacts after striking out Houston Astros’ Josh Reddick during the fifth inning of Despite beautiful weath-
Game 5 of baseball’s American League Championship Series Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in New York. er in the Bronx, the Astros
Associated Press didn’t take batting prac-
By MIKE FITZPATRICK Astros will try to regain their postseason loss. ter and scored on Greg tice on the field. If they
AP Baseball Writer footing following an off day The 2015 AL Cy Young Bird’s sharp single. Cheer- were hoping that might
NEW YORK (AP) — Masa- and force a decisive Game Award winner had been ing fans almost sounded help their slumping hitters
hiro Tanaka pitched seven 7. Luis Severino is scheduled Yankees kryptonite surprised by the hit — big reset, it didn’t.
innings of three-hit ball and to start for New York. throughout his career, en- enough for Bird to flash The highest-scoring team
the New York Yankees fi- Just days ago, Houston tering 6-2 with a 1.09 ERA in both thumbs down, dou- in the majors this sea-
nally solved Houston Astros was up two games to none eight career starts against bling up on the Yankees’ son, Houston batted .153
nemesis Dallas Keuchel, and appeared to be clos- New York, including a pair playful sign to each other through the first four games
beating the ace lefty 5-0 ing in on its second World of scoreless outings in play- for clutch swings. of the series and fared no
on Wednesday for a 3-2 Series appearance. But off wins. In the third, Judge ground- better against Tanaka. q
lead in the AL Champion- the Astros, like defending Both of those came at the
ship Series. AL champion Cleveland expense of Tanaka, who
Gary Sanchez hit an RBI before them, have been lost 3-0 to Keuchel in the The Gold Mine Ranch
single off Keuchel and later unable to put away these 2015 AL wild-card game at
homered to help the wild- poised Yankees, who im- Yankee Stadium and 2-1 in OCTOBER SPECIAL
card Yankees win for the proved to 6-0 at home in Game 1 of this series.
third straight day at home this postseason in front of But this night belonged
and move within one vic- their cheering, chanting to Tanaka and the Baby Come with coupon
tory of their first trip to the fans. Bombers. and get $10,- off
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The teams head back to and Didi Gregorius also de- through against Keuchel
Houston for Game 6 on livered big hits as New York with two outs in the sec-
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