Yankees on the ropes after stunning comeback

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The affable rookie who loves SpongeBob SquarePants has backed the New York Yankees into a postseason corner.

Oscar Gonzalez deed a two-run azygous with 2 outs successful the ninth inning, rallying the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-5 triumph implicit New York connected Saturday nighttime for a 2-1 pb successful their AL Division Series.

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Gonzalez, a postseason leader conscionable a week ago, lined a 1-2 transportation from Clarke Schmidt done the mediate to people rookie Steven Kwan and Amed Rosario arsenic the young Guardians, who person shown nary fearfulness during this storybook season, rallied erstwhile again and pushed the Yankees to the brink of elimination.

"We've seen it successful 2 bid truthful acold from this guy," Guardians starter Triston McKenzie said. "He comes up successful the 15th inning and hits a location run, has a game-winning deed successful different game, has the deed tonight.

"There's a maturity level astatine the sheet you don't spot each the time."

Aaron Judge deed a two-run homer for New York, which carried a 5-3 pb into the ninth earlier its bullpen flopped and the Guardians staged yet different comeback win.

As Rosario crossed the plate, Gonzalez flung his helmet successful the aerial arsenic his teammates rushed onto the tract to mob him. The 24-year-old outfielder deed a walk-off homer successful the 15th inning past week to expanse the Tampa Bay Rays successful the wild-card round.

Game 4 is Sunday night, erstwhile the Yankees crook to ace Gerrit Cole to forestall an aboriginal postseason exit.

ASTROS 1, MARINERS 0

The Houston Astros are going backmost to the AL Championship Series for the sixth consecutive year.

One large plaything by Jeremy Peña was enough.

Peña homered successful the 18th inning, and Houston bushed the Seattle Mariners 1-0 connected Saturday for a three-game expanse of their AL Division Series. Luis Garcia worked 5 innings for the win, finishing a stellar effort by the Astros bullpen.

Houston started its ALCS streak with its 2017 World Series championship. It was eliminated successful the ALCS successful 2018 and 2020, and it mislaid successful the World Series successful 2019 against Washington and past twelvemonth against Atlanta.

"Once you've been done it and past you spell done it again and again and again, and past you benignant of expect excellence, and that's what this squad expects retired of itself," Houston manager Dusty Baker said.

Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies precocious to the NLCS with an 8-3 triumph implicit the Braves connected Saturday. It's the archetypal NLCS quality for Philly since 2010.

Next up for this year's Astros is Game 1 against the New York Yankees oregon Cleveland Guardians connected Wednesday successful Houston. Cleveland tin beforehand with 1 much triumph against New York successful Game 4 of their ALDS connected Sunday night.

PHILLIES 8, BRAVES 3

Bryce Harper stood arsenic inactive successful the clubhouse arsenic helium does erstwhile helium admires a location tally and accepted the brew bath from bottles his Phillies teammates took delight successful pouring connected him.

Harper's goggles provided nary defence for the waterfall of booze streaming down his cheeks.

"It's truthful cold! But it's truthful good!" slugger Rhys Hoskins barked successful Harper's face.

Then it was clip for the Phillies to sing: "I'm going going, backmost back, to Cali Cali!" they shouted successful unison to the Notorious B.I.G. classic. That's right, the adjacent halt for the Fightins is simply a travel West to the NLCS, arsenic a squad that looked wholly mislaid successful May abruptly looks each spot similar a World Series contender successful October.

Brandon Marsh deed a three-run homer and J.T. Realmuto lined an inside-the-park location tally that sent Philadelphia bolting headfirst into the NL Championship Series for the archetypal clip since 2010 with an 8-3 triumph implicit the Atlanta Braves successful Game 4 Saturday.

Realmuto became the archetypal catcher to deed an inside-the-parker successful postseason past and Harper punctuated the romp with a clinching location tally that helped the Phillies instrumentality the NL Division Series 3-1 against the World Series champion Braves.

Atlanta's nonaccomplishment meant Major League Baseball hasn't had a repetition champ since the New York Yankees won 3 consecutive from 1998-2000.

PADRES 5, DODGERS 3

The San Diego Padres stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a five-run inning to crook a 0-3 shortage into a 5-3 win, and punch their summons to the adjacent round.

It's the archetypal clip they've reached the NLCS since 1998.

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