7 bold predictions for Yankees-Astros ALCS
You want this Yankees-Astros American League Championship Series to begin right this very minute. You are invested. You are nervous. You have your lucky shirt on, and you’ve eaten your lucky sandwich once for luck and twice for practice.
You want this Yankees-Astros American League Championship Series to begin right this very minute. You are invested. You are nervous. You have your lucky shirt on, and you’ve eaten your lucky sandwich once for luck and twice for practice.
Game | Date | Result | Highlights |
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Gm 1 | Oct. 12 | NYY 7, HOU 0 | Watch |
Gm 2 | Oct. 13 | HOU 3, NYY 2 (11) | Watch |
Gm 3 | Oct. 15 | HOU 4, NYY 1 | Watch |
Gm 4 | Oct. 17 | HOU 8, NYY 3 | Watch |
Gm 5 | Oct. 18 | NYY 4, HOU 1 | Watch |
Gm 6 | Oct. 19 | HOU 6, NYY 4 | Watch |
As Tom Petty said of postseason baseball, “The waiting is the hardest part.” He might have had something else in mind, but it fits. Anyway, that’s where we here at MLB.com come in. We can see down hallways and around corners.
The Yankees and Astros delivered a mini-classic ALCS two years ago. That one went the full seven games, and Houston won it. We have no reason to think this one will be anything less.
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Game 1: Judge goes deep twice, Yankees land first punch
Judge hits one of his two long balls so far over the Minute Maid Park railroad track that the guy with the train whistle mistakenly rings it for a visiting team home run. Impressed Astros fans stand and cheer. Houston starter
Game 2: Verlander gets back on track, Gurriel breaks it open
Back on his normal five-day routine, with wife Kate Upton and boyhood hero Nolan Ryan both cheering him on,
Game 3: Cole leaps tall buildings, too
Afterwards,
Game 4: Yankees use seven relievers, world does not end
If the Yankees are doing it, then it must be a thing. The Yanks begin the game with reliever
Game 5: Greinke can’t get in a New York state of mind
Greinke walks to the mound with a 9.64 ERA in six previous appearances at Yankee Stadium. What’s that someone said about there being a broken heart for every light on Broadway? Was that Tom Petty, too? Or Buck Owens? Greinke lasts 2 2/3 innings, and the Yankees get a pair of home runs from
Game 6: Haven’t we seen this Verlander movie before?
Sequels are all the rage these days. Verlander, just as he did in 2017, takes control of an elimination game from the moment he walks into the clubhouse with his headphones and scowl in place.
Game 7: Cole will never pay for another meal in this town again
He thrives on the big stage with the lights hot and the pressure cranked up. So what if he has an entire city’s hopes riding on his shoulders? Jump on. Cole's third pitch of the game touches 99 mph and his 117th checks in at 101. In between, Altuve homers and
Richard Justice has been a reporter for MLB.com since 2011. Follow him on Twitter at @RichardJustice.