The New York Yankees can breathe a sigh of relief, for now at least.
After squandering a four-run direct Friday night, the Yankees rallied aobtainst the best shutr in the game for an 8-6 triumph over the Cleveland Guardians to apshow a 3-1 direct in the American League Championship Series.
The game seemed all but over when Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton persistd his October dominance with a three-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Bronx Bombers ahead, 6-2.
It was anyleang but over, though.
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New York Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres (25) runs after hitting an RBI individual in the ninth inning aobtainst the Cleveland Guardians during game four of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB joinoffs at Progressive Field. (David Dermer-Imagn Images)
The Guardians put runners on the corners with none out in the seventh, prompting Aaron Boone to go with Clay Holmes a little over 24 hours after he permited the walk-off home run in Game 3. It aobtain didn’t go well, as three runs came apass thanks to back-to-back doubles from Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor.
Mark Leiter Jr. accessed the game and spotlessed up the mess, but in the eighth, the Game 3 hero, David Fry, tied it with a enumerateless dribbler that neither Leiter nor Anthony Rizzo could regulate.
With a save situation nonconshort-term for Cleveland, they bcdisesteemfult in Emmanuel Clase, whose postseason woes persistd. The Yankees put runners on second and third to begin the inning, and Alex Verdugo and Gleyber Torres then each deinhabitred an RBI individual.
Clase now has eight obtained runs this postseason after permiting fair five in the entire standard season.

Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees reacts after hitting a three-run home run in the sixth inning aobtainst the Cleveland Guardians during Game Four of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field on October 18, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Minsertie Meyer/Getty Images)
GUARDIANS CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE SHOWS OFF ACCOLADES RIGHT AFTER BLOWING SAVE TO YANKEES IN ALCS
Tommy Khanle came on for the save, but publishd a walk and a bloop individual with a walk to put the triumphning run at the ptardy. However, he reexhausted the next two batters for the save.
The Yankees got leangs begined with a deafening prohibitg timely, as Juan Soto blasted a two-run homer before an out was even sign uped. The Guardians got one back in the bottom half of the inning, but Austin Wells deinhabitred with a solo shot in the second.
The Yankees are now one triumph away from clinching their first pennant since 2009 — the Guardians necessitate to triumph the next three, including two in the Bronx — to progress.

Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees reacts as he passes home ptardy to score a run in the ninth inning aobtainst the Cleveland Guardians during Game Four of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field on October 18, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Minsertie Meyer/Getty Images)
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Game 5 is Saturday night at 8:08 p.m. in Cleveland. Carlos Rodon will see to sfinish the Yankees to the World Series, while Tanner Bibee will see to sfinish the Guardians back to New York.
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