Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton- ALCS Heroes
Dear Commons Community,
The New York Yankees will be going to their record-breaking 41st World Series after defeating the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in extra innings last night.
Juan Soto provided his biggest blast in pinstripes, a 10th-inning home run that lifted the Yankees passed the Guardians.
Winning an epic seven-pitch battle against Guardians reliever Hunter Gaddis with two outs and two on in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, Soto drove a 1-2 pitch high and deep to center field. And the ball kept carrying, and carrying – all the way to the Fall Classic.
It landed in the bullpens beyond the fence in right center field, a three-run home run that delivered a 5-2 victory and a 4-1 ALCS conquest of Cleveland.
New York will open World Series Game 1 on Friday, either at Los Angeles against the Dodgers or home to the New York Mets. Either way, ace Gerrit Cole will be aligned for the start.
Thanks to a one-out error on shortstop Brayan Rocchio, who muffed an easy force play at second in the top of the 10th, Soto got a shot to hit just as the game’s leverage was teetering back toward Cleveland.
He floated the ball 402 feet into the outfield, capping a series in which the Yankees’ superstar sluggers – capping a series in which the Yankees’ superstar sluggers – Soto, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton – came up huge.
“It’s the best feeling you can ever have. That’s what you play for,” said Soto, who won a World Series title in 2019 with the Washington Nationals.
“Now, we are the best team in the American League.”
Stanton had tied Saturday’s game with a two-run, sixth-inning home run. Meanwhile, the Yankees’ bullpen once again came up nearly perfect, pitching 5 ⅓ shutout innings, capped by Luke Weaver’s two-inning effort, the second frame shutting down the Guardians after Soto’s blast.
Last night, the Yankees demonstrated why they are called the “The Bronx Bombers”. Congratulations to the entire team!
Tony
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