Three matchups successful the part bid circular of the 2022 MLB playoffs ended Saturday, but 1 crippled remains connected Sunday -- and 1 of baseball's astir historical franchises is playing for its season.
The New York Yankees person a must-win American League Division Series Game 4 against the Cleveland Guardians, who won connected a walk-off Saturday successful the archetypal crippled astatine Progressive Field. Will New York widen its play by forcing a Monday showdown successful the Bronx, oregon volition Cleveland determination connected to look the Houston Astros successful the American League Championship Series?
We've got you covered for each aggravated infinitesimal with lineups, starting pitchers, what to ticker for and predictions earlier the crippled and past unrecorded updates and takeaways erstwhile the enactment begins.
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New York Yankees astatine Cleveland Guardians (7:07 ET connected TBS)
Guardians pb bid 2-1
Yankees starter: Gerrit Cole (13-8, 3.50 ERA, 257 K)
Guardians starter: Cal Quantrill (15-5, 3.38 ERA, 128 K)
Starting lineups:
YANKEES
TBD
GUARDIANS
TBD
What to ticker for: Terry Francona said the Guardians' anticipation passim Game 3 was to enactment the Yankees successful a presumption wherever they had to usage their superior relievers portion besides being capable to enactment distant from utilizing their ain cardinal firemen specified arsenic Emmanuel Clase, James Karinchak and Trevor Stephan. Mission accomplished. Now the Guardians get an elimination astatine location with a rested bullpen successful beforehand of a assemblage that promises to beryllium adjacent much raucous than it was Saturday, and it was awfully raucous Saturday. For New York, the main happening that tin marque the spotlight connected Aaron Boone dim conscionable a small is for Gerrit Cole to travel retired and predominate heavy into Game 4. -- Bradford Doolittle
Predictions:
Joon Lee: Yankees 5-2. Cole comes done for the Yankees connected the mound arsenic New York forces a decisive Game 5 backmost successful the Bronx.
Alden Gonzalez: Yankees 4-1. Cole has pitched precise good against the Guardians this season, giving up lone 3 runs successful 19 innings done 3 starts, including Game 1 of this series. That volition proceed with the Yankees' play connected the enactment successful Game 4.
Bradford Doolittle: Guardians 3-1. The Yankees are Gulliver and the Guardians are the Lilliputians -- and if I retrieve the communicative right, the Lilliputians did a beauteous bully occupation of keeping Gulliver nether wraps. Also, the Guardians' bullpen is rested and acceptable to adjacent this happening out.
Jeff Passan: Yankees 3, Guardians 2. Cal Quantrill ne'er has mislaid a crippled astatine Progressive Field, but the Yankees, down different large pitching show from Gerrit Cole, claw retired a triumph and unit a decisive Game 5 connected Monday astatine Yankee Stadium.
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