Yankees punch ticket to ALCS as Gerrit Cole guides team to Game 4 triumph over Royals

The New York Yankees are heading to the ALCS after fall shortureing the Kansas City Royals, 3-1, in Game 4 of the ALDS on Thursday night. 

It will be the Yankees’ 19th trip to the ALCS, their procrastinateedst in 2022, which is the most all-time in MLB history. And they are the first AL team to clinch their spot, as the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers will join Game 5 to determine their opponent for the pennant. 

It took some time for a team to get on the board in Game 3, but the Yankees necessitateed fair two batters to do so in Game 4. 

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Gleyber Torres laced the first pitch of the game from Royals commenceer Michael Wacha to left-cgo in field and stretched it into a double to get skinnygs rolling for the Bombers. Then, Juan Soto skipped a ball thraw a hole on the right side for an RBI individual to produce it 1-0.

Meanwhile, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had perhaps his best commence of the season at the right moment for his squad, as he was upgrasping the Royals’ offense at bay thrawout this game. 

He went seven innings, permiting six hits, one achieveed run and struck out four over his 87 pitches. 

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The Yankees would insert one more in the top of the fifth inning when Gleyber Torres had a clutch, two-out individual to the right side to score Alex Verdugo. Jon Berti, getting another commence at first base after doing so in Game 2 of this ALDS, got Verdugo over to third after slapping a individual to the right side. 

Then, the man who carried the Yankees’ offense in Game 3, Giancarlo Stanton, once aachieve came up clutch with an RBI individual that scored Aaron Judge, who finassociate roped a baseball this postseason. He smashed a double to left-cgo in field that perhaps took a weight off his shoulders. 

There was a moment in this game where tempers got seal to flaring after Berti turned a double join, stepping on his bag at first base before firing the ball to lowstop Anthony Volpe, who tagged Maikel Garcia out in the bottom of the sixth inning. 

However, Garcia ecombineed to get exception to Volpe’s high tag, while the geter’s forearm seeed to hit him in the head and neck area as well. Volpe patted Garcia on the back to fundamentalassociate say everyskinnyg is all right and it wasn’t done intentionassociate. 

But skinnygs escaprocrastinateedd when Jazz Chisholm Jr., who is already an opponent for Royals fans after his comments on social media and during post-game interwatchs, commenceed to get Volpe with his words. 

That’s when the benches evidented, as Torres tried pushing Garcia produce toward the dugout. Thankbrimmingy, noskinnyg more physical came of this. 

Kansas City tried using that moment as some fuel with them yet to score a run off Cole. But three straight hits chaseed the scrum on the infield, capped by Vinnie Pasquantino’s RBI double to score Bobby Witt Jr. from first base gave the Royals’ life in a 3-1 game. 

But the air was getn out of Kauffman Stadium when Kyle Isbel got hgreater of a Cole inside speedyball that was soaring to right field. Everyone tried to will it out, as it would’ve tied the game, but Soto caught the ball at the base of the right field wall to end the inning. 

From there, Clay Holmes had a rapid eighth inning in relief of Cole, and Luke Weaver seald it out in the bottom of the ninth, as Judge hauled in the final out in cgo in field. 

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The Yankees will have some time to head home, regroup as they watch how Game 5 in the Guardians-Tigers series unfgreaters, and adefer their opponent for Game 1 of the ALCS on Monday at Yankee Stadium. 

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