Yankees advance to ALCS; 49ers top Seahawks; No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oregon tops huge football weekend

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THE NEW YORK YANKEES

When the Yankees called on their ace, he answered. Gerrit Cole pitched seven innings of one-run ball, leading the pinstripes to a 3-1 win in Game 4 and their fourth ALCS trip in eight years.

Juan Soto opened the scoring with an RBI single to score Gleyber Torres three pitches into the game, and Torres and Giancarlo Stanton drove in runs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. That was all the support Cole needed, though just barely: His final pitch was launched by Kyle Isbel, but it died on the warning track, just a few feet away of what would have been a game-tying two-run home run.

Clay Holmes and Luke Weaver finished things off from there.

The Yankees will have to wait until Saturday to find out who they’ll face after the Guardians forced a winner-take-all Game 5 with a 5-4 comeback win over the Tigers in Detroit.

The Guardians entered the game on a franchise playoff-record 20-inning scoreless streak, but Lane Thomas had an RBI…

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Author : Zachary Pereles

Publish date : 2024-10-11 13:01:55

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