Dominican Cristian Javier had an excellent playoff debut allowing just one hit in five 1/3 innings and was helped offensively by a two-run homer from Chas McCormick as the Houston Astros beat the Yankees 5-0 in a shutout. of New York and placed just one win away from sweeping the American League Championship Series and earning his ticket to the World Series.
The Yankees, with the urgency of winning game 3, put star pitcher Gerrit Cole on the mound who could not contain the Astros’ offense that scored 5 runs on him, leaving the game in the fifth inning.
While the Houston bullpen looked phenomenal, where 5 pitchers combined to allow only two hits, no runs in three innings, two-thirds pitched and secure the third win for the Astros in this series.
Today, Sunday, the fourth game of the Series is played, where if Houston wins it would advance to the World Series, for tonight the Yankees will put Néstor Cortés on the mound, while the Astros will open with Lance McCullers Jr.
In all of Major League history only one team has come back from a 0-3 deficit in a playoff series and that was the Boston Red Sox against the Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series.
Editorial ANGEL VALDES
