New York, United States | With an excellent relief from Dominican Emmanuel Clase, timely batting from rookie Oscar González, the Cleveland Guardians beat the New York Yankees 4-2 this Friday and tied their division series in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
The Guardians now travel to Cleveland with the AL Division Series tied at one win apiece.
In the tenth inning, Dominican José Ramírez, against reliever Jameson Taillon (0-1) -finally the loser- opened with a single, a hit that caused two shooting errors and then his compatriot Oscar González dispatched another unstoppable RBI to go up 3×2.
Canadian slugger Josh Naylor then responded with an RBI double that drove in rookie Gonzalez as the Guardians have since clinched a 4-2 victory over the Yankees.
The Yankees had loaded the bases in the eighth, when Giancarlo Stanton walked, he was replaced by pinch runner Tim Locastro, who reached third. Nevertheless,
Clase took over the box and retired catcher Kyle Higashioka to third to kill the threat and the Yankees missed a good opportunity.
An inning later, the man with the AL record 62 home runs, Aaron Judge, came to the plate trailing a 7-0 series slump with a whopping seven strikeouts, but this time he was dominated with a groundout to third. .
Then star Anthony Rizzo singled to left-center field, but Gleyber Torres gave up the third out on a grounder to second.
Closer Clase (0-1), who had 42 saves in the regular season, was dominant in 2 1/3 innings, striking out two Yankees batters, who conceded 15 strikeouts in the game.
The Yankees, who scored both of their runs in the first inning, were later hung with nine straight zeros.
This match was postponed from Thursday to this Friday due to rain in New York.
Ahpora, Games 3 and 4 are scheduled to be played in Cleveland this weekend. If Game 5 is needed, it will be played Monday night at Yankee Stadium.
