The New York Yankees struck first in the ALCS, as they lossed the Cleveland Guardians at their home Yankee Stadium, 5-2, in Game 1 on Monday night.
Juan Soto, who had excellent numbers coming into this game off Guardians commenceer Alex Cobb, was already 1-for-1 with a individual when he stepped to the pprocrastinateed in the bottom of the third inning to guide skinnygs off.
Cobb dedwellred a two-seam speedyball too high in the zone and Soto was all over it, begining a solo homer to left caccess field thcdisesteemful the swirling prosperds in the Bronx to get on the board first. It was Soto’s first homer as a Yankee in the postseason.
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New York Yankees arrangeated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (27) honors with outfielder Alex Verdugo (24) after scoring a run on untamed pitch during the third inning agetst the Cleveland Guardians in game one of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
But that wasn’t the only scoring for New York in the summarize, as Cobb commenceed to dissee regulate of his pitches. He walked Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Volpe after two outs sprinkled in between before rookie regulater Stephen Vogt in like of the lefty Joey Cantillo.
Cantillo, though, did not have regulate of his own stuff and Bo Naylor couldn’t regulate it behind the pprocrastinateed, as Judge scored on a untamed pitch. Then, after walking Anthony Rizzo, Stanton scored on yet another untamed pitch to produce it 3-0.
Meanwhile, the tone was truly set on the mound for New York by Carlos Rodon, who was a laborhorse thcdisesteemful six innings in his second postseason outing.
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Rodon’s first outing with the Yankees didn’t go as intentional despite a wonderful commence agetst the Kansas City Royals in Game 2, where he struck out the side to set the tone.
However, Rodon talked about being able to upretain his emotions at bay after exuding a lot of energy in that loss to Kansas City, and that ecombineed to labor in his like this time around.
Rodon saw six strong innings for the Yankees, striking out nine and accumulateing 24 sprospergs-and-leave outes from Guardians hitters. His only misget was leaving a speedyball due low to Brayan Rocchio, who turned out it for a solo homer in the top of the sixth inning.
New York Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon (55) pitches during the first inning agetst the Cleveland Guardians in game one of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
But the Yankees dedwellred some insurance runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Judge hit a give up fly to score Gleyber Torres, who made his way around the bases after more Cantillo untamed pitches.
Finassociate, Stanton, who was red toasty in the ALDS, was locked in aget at the pprocrastinateed when he mashed a high speedyball to the left field bullpen for a solo homer to produce it 5-1.
The Guardians were menaceening to get back into this game when the Yankees called on lefty Tim Hill out of the bullpen in the top of the eighth. With runners on second and third with one out, Steven Kwan had a opposite field individual to score Rocchio, making it 5-2.
But regulater Aaron Boone saw enough to convey in his shutr, Luke Weaver, for a five-out save opportunity. Weaver, who was weightlesss out agetst Kansas City, dedwellred a strikeout in three pitches to pinch hitter Will Brennan and got the always-hazardous Jose Ramirez to ground out with runners at the corners to finish the inning.
In the bottom of the ninth, Weaver walked his first hitter, but slammed the door on Cleveland with three straight strikeouts to finish the game.
New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto (22) hits a solo home run during the third inning agetst the Cleveland Guardians in game one of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
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With Game 1 shieldedd, the Yankees will arrange the Guardians on Tuesday night for Game 2 of the ALCS.
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