2022 American League Championship Series
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The 2022 American League Championship Series was the
The series began on October 19 with a potential Game 7 scheduled for October 26 if it had been necessary, with the only off-day being October 21.
The Astros would go on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series in six games, winning their second World Series championship in six years and the second in franchise history.
Background
The
The New York Yankees qualified for the postseason as the American League East division winner and the league's second seed. It was their second AL East championship in four years.[7] In the Division Series, they defeated the Cleveland Guardians in five games.[8]
This series is a continuation of the recent Astros–Yankees rivalry, as it marked the fourth time the two clubs have faced off in the playoffs and the third in the ALCS. The Astros previously defeated the Yankees in the 2015 Wild Card, the 2017 ALCS, and the 2019 ALCS. Houston won five of the seven games against New York during the regular season, with the Yankees only winning via walk-off hits (in fact, Houston had the lead or was tied in all of their plate appearances).[9][10] This is the first postseason meeting between the two teams since the revelation of the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, which included the 2017 American League Championship Series; however, despite allegations, there was no evidence of electronic sign-stealing during the 2019 season.[11]
After defeating the Guardians in the ALDS, a group of Yankees fans were filmed chanting "We Want Houston," with an accompanying sign. The video went viral and became a rallying cry among Astros players and fans.[12]
Summary
Houston won the series, 4–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 19 | New York Yankees – 2, Houston Astros – 4 | Minute Maid Park | 3:21 | 41,487[13] |
2 | October 20 | New York Yankees – 2, Houston Astros – 3 | Minute Maid Park | 3:16 | 41,700[14] |
3 | October 22 | Houston Astros – 5, New York Yankees – 0 | Yankee Stadium | 3:35 | 47,569[15] |
4 | October 23 | Houston Astros – 6, New York Yankees – 5 | Yankee Stadium | 3:37 (1:47 delay) | 46,545[16] |
Game summaries
Game 1
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Justin_Verlander_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Justin_Verlander_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Justin Verlander (1–0) LP: Clarke Schmidt (0–1) Sv: Ryan Pressly (1) Home runs: NYY: Harrison Bader (1), Anthony Rizzo (1) HOU: Yuli Gurriel (1), Chas McCormick (1), Jeremy Peña (1) Attendance: 41,487 Boxscore |
Game 1 featured the Astros' Justin Verlander going up against Jameson Taillon for the Yankees. Harrison Bader got the scoring started with a solo home run in the top of the second. It was his fourth home run of the postseason, becoming the first Yankee player to hit four home runs in their first six postseason games.[17] The Astros responded in the bottom half of the inning when Martín Maldonado drove in Chas McCormick with an RBI double to tie the game at one. After some early trouble, Verlander settled in, giving up only the one run and striking out eleven batters in six innings, passing Clayton Kershaw for the most postseason strikeouts in Major League history.[18] Taillon was taken out in the fifth after giving up a double to Jeremy Peña, finishing with 4+1⁄3 innings pitched. Clarke Schmidt, who was brought on in relief, would walk the bases loaded before getting Kyle Tucker to ground into an inning-ending double play. Yuli Gurriel grabbed the lead back for the Astros in the sixth with a lead-off homer, shortly followed by another home run by McCormick to bring the score to 3–1. Peña would also homer in the seventh to cap off his night, going 3-for-4 with two doubles and a home run and pushing the lead to 4–1. Anthony Rizzo hit a solo shot off of Rafael Montero in the eighth and the Yankees threatened with a single by Giancarlo Stanton and a two-out walk by Josh Donaldson to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. Ryan Pressly was called on for the four-out save and struck out Matt Carpenter to end the eighth and finished off the game with a perfect ninth to give the Astros a 1–0 series lead. The Yankees struck out a total of 17 times in the game while the Astros struck out twice. The 15-strikeout difference between the two teams was the largest differential in postseason history.[19]
Game 2
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Framber Valdez (1–0) LP: Luis Severino (0–1) Sv: Ryan Pressly (2) Home runs: NYY: None HOU: Alex Bregman (1) Attendance: 41,700 Boxscore |
In contrast to Game 1, the roof of Minute Maid Park was open as Framber Valdez of the Astros squared off against Luis Severino of the Yankees to kick off Game 2. Alex Bregman started the scoring in the third with a two-out three-run homer off of Severino to jump the Astros out to a 3–0 lead. The Yankees answered back the following inning, capitalizing on an Aaron Judge single and a throwing error by Valdez on a Giancarlo Stanton grounder that put runners at second and third. Anthony Rizzo drove in a run with a fielder's choice groundout and Gleyber Torres drove in another run on an infield single to bring the game to 3–2. Valdez recovered to end the inning and finished his night by striking out nine through seven innings of two-run baseball. Severino went 5+1⁄3 innings, striking out six and giving up three runs. In the eighth with a runner on, Judge hit what looked to be a go-ahead two-run homer off of reliever Bryan Abreu, but the wind blowing in from the open roof kept the ball in the park as Kyle Tucker caught it at the warning track. Ryan Pressly came in again in the ninth to close out his second save of the series, striking out Matt Carpenter on a check swing to end the game and give the Astros a 2–0 series lead heading to New York.
Game 3
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Cristian Javier (1–0) LP: Gerrit Cole (0–1) Home runs: HOU: Chas McCormick (2) NYY: None Attendance: 47,569 Boxscore |
The series moved to
Game 4
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Houston | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
New York | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Héctor Neris (1–0) LP: Jonathan Loáisiga (0–1) Sv: Ryan Pressly (3) Home runs: HOU: Jeremy Peña (2) NYY: Harrison Bader (2) Attendance: 46,545 Boxscore |
After a
With the series win, Houston was the first team ever to beat the Yankees in the postseason on four separate occasions, doing so in the span of seven years by beating New York in 2015, 2017, 2019, and now 2022; in the four combined matchups from 2015 to 2022, the Astros won 13 of 18 postseason games against the Yankees. The Yankees, with losses in the ALCS in 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, and 2022, became the first team to lose in the LCS five straight times.[22][23]
This was the first four-game sweep of the Yankees since the 2012 American League Championship Series and it is also the first time that the Astros have swept an opponent in a best-of-seven game series.
Composite line score
2022 ALCS (4–0): Houston Astros beat New York Yankees
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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New York Yankees | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Astros | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total attendance: 177,661 Average attendance: 44,415 |
See also
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