Yankees vs Guardians: ALCS Game 1 Highlights

Yankees vs Guardians: game 1 of the american league championship series is upon us, and boy, the excitement is palpable in the stadium. The wind is howling, 30 to 40 miles per hour from left field to center field. So if you make a good pitch and hit it into the air, that’s where it’ll fly!

Carlos Rodon is pitching for the Yankees. He has played a total of 14 games this season, out of which he managed to bag 10 wins. The earned run average is also very good at 3.11. Rodon had much to learn from his teammate Gerrit Cole, who also pitched an excellent game recently. And here comes the start of the game; the first batter up in the order is Steven Kwan. He hits the ball up in the air and gets caught by Alex Verdugo easily.

Yankees vs Guardians: ALCS Game 1 Highlights
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David Fry is next in the batter’s box. He reaches on a single and walks over to first base. It’s time for Jose Ramirez to bat: he hits the ball high out to right field. Sto leaps up in the air to catch it for his second out. The wind is really making its presence known tonight. Lane Thomas comes up with the count full but Rodon whiffs him. It’s still 0-0 after one inning.

It is the Yankees’ turn to bat. Alex Cobb is pitching for the Guardians. Gleyber Torres swings at the first pitch and hits a line drive. The Yankees are ready to score! Juan Soto is next. He hits a single, and runners are placed on first and second with no outs. Aaron Judge is up now, and he gets a called strike. Judge does not like this.

Next, Judge launches it out. Giancarlo Stanton hits the ball deep into left field. Kwan sprints back for it to catch before the wall. The Yankees have yet to score after two innings, and it remains 0-0.

Rodon is pitching well. Pitches less than he did in the first inning. The Guardians can’t get him a hit. Soto leads off the third and. hits the home run! Yankees took the 1-0 lead. Soto now has hit three homers in a game against Cobb this season. The Yankees are strong!

Yankees vs Guardians: ALCS Game 1 Highlights
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Now the Guardians are in trouble. They have loaded the bases but yet, still not scored. The Yankees are now 2-0 up after another wild pitch allows the score to go up by yet one more run. The Yankees are capitalizing on Cleveland’s errors. By the end of the third inning, 3-0 Yankees lead.

Aaron Judge hits sacrifice fly in the fourth, scoring another run to make New York 4-0. Rodon continues to pitch and is racking up the Ks, looks sharp up on the mound. Eight Ks for Rodon after five innings of work.

Finally, in the sixth, the Guardians finally get on the board. Brian Rokio now hits a home run and it becomes 4-1. Their team tries to fight back. They get an opportunity to score more runs but Rodon must shift gears and strike out the next batter.

Yankees vs Guardians: ALCS Game 1 Highlights
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As the game continues, Stanton was able to smash another home run in the seventh inning. Now it’s 5-1 with New York winning the game. The Guardians, however, don’t throw in the towel that easily. It brings runners into scoring position but fails to score.

The ninth inning for the Guardians gets underway with a runner on base. They are working to try and get back into this game, but the closer for the Yankees, Luke Weaver, retires two in order. And they’re one out away from sealing this win!

Weaver strikes out the last batter. That’s it, the game’s done. Yankees win 5-1. Yankees take game one in ALCS. The crowd goes haywire! The Yankees have off to a stellar start in this series.

Yankees vs Guardians: ALCS Game 1 Highlights
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The game proves that not taking a big advantage on mistakes would not prove wise. The Yankees did just that. They took advantage of wild pitches and errors by the Guardians to their advantage. Rodon’s pitching was exquisite, and the Yankees’ hitters proved very timely.

And so, as this series continues, one can definitely anticipate that the Yankees will continue to perform in a good streak. The Guardians will have to regroup and improve themselves for the next games. It is going to be a really thrilling playoff series!

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