NEW YORK—Lifeless, listless and about to be facing an elimination game, the New York Yankees discovered a path back into the American League Championship Series. Giles came in and retired Brett Gardner on a grounder that scored Frazier, narrowing the Astros’ lead to 4-3 and moved Headley to third, where he was replaced by pinch-runner Jacoby Ellsbury. Gregorius followed with an infield single to shortstop, finding a hole in the Astros’ shift, which sent Judge to third. Sanchez doubled into the right-centre gap, his first hit of the series, to score Judge and Gregorius, and the Yankees improbably had gained a 6-4 lead. If Tuesday’s loss proves to be the Astros’ undoing in this series, it will be another Game 4 eighth-inning boogeyman they must confront.

Source: thestar October 18, 2017 01:41 UTC