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MLB playoffs: Yankees advance to ALCS with win over Royals; Guardians force ALDS Game 5 against Tigers

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MLB playoffs: Yankees advance to ALCS with win over Royals; Guardians force ALDS Game 5 against Tigers

The New York Yankees advanced to their 11th ALCS appearance since 2000 with a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals in Game 4 on Thursday, and the Cleveland Guardians avoided elimination and forced a Game 5 with a 5-4 victory about the Detroit Tigers.

The Yankees will now go home and get some rest since the ALCS doesn't begin until Monday. The Guardians and Tigers, meanwhile, return to Cleveland for Game 5 on Saturday.

The Yankees defeated the Royals 3-1 in Game 4 on Thursday, with the final score reflecting the final standings of their ALDS as New York advances to the American League Championship Series.

Thanks to a leadoff single from Gleyber Torres and an RBI double from Juan Soto, the Yankees got on the field after just three pitches. Gerrit Cole took it from there, pitching an outstanding seven innings with six hits and one allowed, no walks and four strikeouts. The offense turned in a run in the fifth and sixth innings, with Giancarlo Stanton and Torres each having two hits and an RBI. Luke Weaver made the save with a clean ninth inning.

The Royals couldn't do much on offense other than their hit in the sixth inning, when Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single to right field and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with an RBI double. They went 0-2 with runners in scoring position, leaving four men on base. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha pitched 4 2/3 innings with six hits and two earned runs allowed, a walk and two strikeouts.

The Yankees will have to wait until Saturday night to find out whether they will face the Guardians or Tigers in the ALCS on Monday.

The Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers will play the deciding Game 5 of their ALDS on Saturday.

David Fry's two-run, pinch-hit home run off Beau Brieske gave Cleveland a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning of Game 4 on Thursday. Fry later drove in another run in the ninth with a safety squeeze bunt that scored Brayan Rocchio.

Closer Emmanuel Clase had a chance to make amends for the three-run home run he gave up in Game 2 when Guardians manager Stephen Vogt brought him in with one out and two runs on in the eighth inning.

Clase retired the first two batters he faced. He gave up a run in the ninth on a leadoff double by Justyn-Henry Malloy and an RBI grounder by Jace Jung. Clase then struck out Matt Vierling to complete the 5-4 win and force Game 5.

The Tigers are expected to start Tarik Skubal in Game 5, while Matthew Boyd will likely opt for the Guardians.

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  • The Yankees are headed to the ALCS!

    The Yankees defeated the Royals 3-1 in Game 4 and won their ALDS 3-1.

  • Luke Weaver comes in to end it in the 9th

    He brings in Pasquantino, Perez and Gurriel to put an end to it all. Yankees win.

  • Clay Holmes comes off the bench in the 8th inning for the Yankees

  • The Royals *almost* have the equalizer in the seventh game

    Instead, Gerrit Cole made it through seven with six hits and one run allowed, no walks and four strikeouts.

  • Royals on the board in the 6th!

    Bobby Witt Jr. reached base with a single to right field, setting the stage for Vinnie Pasquantino's double to give the Royals momentum. At the end of the sixth quarter it's Yankees 3, Royals 1.

  • In Kansas City the benches have been cleared

  • Giancarlo Stanton, give yourself a postseason

    The Yankees score another run in the sixth.

  • After 5, the Yankees lead the Royals 2-0

    Gerrit Cole allowed two hits and no walks and struck out four to five Royals. He has just 61 pitches.

  • The Yankees struck out Michael Wacha in the 5th inning

    Singles from Anthony Volpe, Jon Berti and then Gleyber Torres driving in a run forced manager Matt Quatraro to make a change, swapping Wacha for Lucas Erceg. The reliever only had to throw two pitches to end the inning with a Juan Soto flyout.

  • Guardians force game 5!

    With a 5-4 win, the series returns to Cleveland for the decisive fifth game on Saturday.

  • CLE-DET: The Guardians take a 5-3 lead due to a safety squeeze

    Cleveland added another run on a safety squeeze bunt by David Fry.

    The Guardians now lead 5-3 with one out and two more runners in the top of the ninth.

  • CLE-DET: Guardians threaten to extend lead to 4-3

    Back-to-back one-out singles by Brayan Rocchio and Steven Kwan (3 of 5) gave Cleveland runners at first and second with one out in the top of the ninth.

    Tigers manager AJ Hinch brings in Will Vest to replace Jackson Jobe.

  • NYY-KC: The Yankees still lead in the third

    The Royals (specifically Tommy Pham) got in the hit column in the bottom of the second, but had nothing to show for it as the rest of the inning finished 1-2-3.

    Early in the third, Michael Wacha walked to Aaron Judge for the leadoff ball, but then got a double play and a pop out to Bobby Witt Jr.

  • CLE-DET: Emmanuel Clase continues in the 8th

    Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase will get a chance to redeem himself after giving up Kerry Carpenter's 3-run home run in Game 2. But he needs to get five outs to end Game 4.

    The Tigers have runners on first and second with one out.

  • CLE-DET: Colt Keith saves a run

    Cleveland almost increased its 4-3 lead at the start of the eighth period. Will Brennan found himself on second base after a two-out double and likely would have scored if an Andres Gimenez grounder had gotten through for a hit.

    But Colt Keith's jump stop kept the ball in the infield and he threw Gimenez out at first to end the inning.

    At the end of the eighth quarter, the Tigers come on the scene.

  • NYY-KC: Yankees 1, Royals 0 after 2 innings

    Giancarlo Stanton led off the second with a double, but after that the Yankees went down in order. In the bottom half, Gerrit Cole remained efficient and sent the Royals down in an orderly fashion.

  • CLE-DET: David Fry hits a 2-run home run to give the Guardians a 4-3 lead

    Pinch-hitter David Fry hit a two-run home run off Beau Brieske to give the Guardians a 4-3 lead.

    Tigers left-hander Sean Guenther got the first two outs of the seventh inning, but Steven Kwan singled.

    Detroit manager AJ Hinch brought in the right-hander Brieske to face Fry, and a wild pitch moved Kwan to second. Then Brieske hit a 97.5 mph fastball right into the middle of the strike zone, and Fry didn't miss his target.

  • NYY-KC: Yankees in the driver's seat after 1st inning

    Gerrit Cole struck out two Royals batters in an efficient 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the first inning. Secondly…

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  • NYY-KC: Yankees take an early 1-0 lead

    Just three pitches into the game, the Yankees struck first after a Gleyber Torres double and a Juan Soto RBI single.

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