A little over three hours later, Houston’s clubhouse was the sight of a wild celebration.
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In a 3-0 win against the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card Tuesday night, Gomez crushed the first pitch he saw in the fourth inning for a home run.
But even when Gomez *was* on the field for Houston, he struggled. “For him to do what he did is incredible”.
The orange-clad Astros, who secured their spot in this winner-take-all game on the last day of the regular season, advanced to the AL Division Series.
That was more than enough for a trio of Astros relievers – Tony Sipp, Will Harris and Luke Gregerson – who held the Yankees hitless over the final three innings to seal the victory.
Before the game even began, a few troll on Twitter by the name of “Bill Smith” mentioned Keuchel and apologized for the Astros having to lose to the Yankees.
The other AL Division Series will see the Toronto Blue Jays, back in the postseason for the first time in 22 years, at home to the Texas Rangers. “This year, we knew we were going”. The weak pop-up ended the inning and, for all intents and purposes, the Yankees’ season. The job he’s done throughout his career in Yankee Stadium, I just tried to calm myself down and make as good a pirch as I could. “I didn’t think we were going to play that well”. “I was playing blackjack there, and it paid off”.
The Yankees’ offense has been slumping the entire second half, and their woes with the bat continued against the Astros, as they only managed to muster three hits.
“He was as good as it gets”, A-Rod said”. He can keep you off balance, and he did that really well”, Greg Bird posited, and Rob Refsnyder added that Keuchel “was working low and didn’t give us anything to hit high, and he got out of whatever trouble he got in, so hats off to him.
The boos from the 50,113 fans grew with each out as Gregerson closed for a save.
– MikeAndress (@MikeAndress15) October 7, 2015Tanaka allowed two runs on four hits over five innings, walking three batters and striking out the same.
Per the Associated Press (via ESPN.com), Kansas City will start flamethrower Yordano Ventura on Thursday in Game 1 after he went 4-1 with a 3.14 ERA in his last seven starts. “This was a club that fought all year and there’s a lot of character in that room and this hurts”. “None of those are easy (outs), and we could have gone a couple of different ways, so I went out there for a couple of different reasons”.
Colby Rasmus, who opened the scoring with a home run, and Jose Altuve celebrate Houston’s wild-card game win.
New York now belongs to the Mets the rest of the postseason. Didi Gregorius lead-off with a single, Brett Gardner struck out, and Chris Young grounded into a potential double play.
“Down the stretch, we didn’t bring our “A” game”, general manager Brian Cashman said. Girardi said Sanchez was on the roster in case the Yankees trailed in the middle innings and he wanted to pinch run for McCann. Carlos Gomez too Tanaka deep, giving the Astros a commanding 2-0 lead at the time. The Yankees went with Gary Sanchez as their third catcher and Slade Heathcott and Rico Noel as extra outfielders.
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Girardi included starting pitchers Luis Severino and Ivan Nova as part of an eight-man bullpen behind starter Masahiro Tanaka, joined by Andrew Miller, Dellin Betances, Justin Wilson, Adam Warren, James Pazos and Bryan Mitchell.
