{"id":101249,"date":"2022-10-19T02:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T02:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yankees-vs-guardians-score-giancarlo-stanton-and-aaron-judge-homer-as-new-york-wins-do-or-die-game-5\/"},"modified":"2022-10-19T02:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T02:20:23","slug":"yankees-vs-guardians-score-giancarlo-stanton-and-aaron-judge-homer-as-new-york-wins-do-or-die-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/yankees-vs-guardians-score-giancarlo-stanton-and-aaron-judge-homer-as-new-york-wins-do-or-die-game-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees vs. Guardians score: Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge homer as New York wins do-or-die Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NEW YORK<\/span> — The ALDS is finally over and the New York Yankees are heading to the ALCS. Tuesday afternoon the Yankees bested the Cleveland Guardians in the winner-take-all Game 5 at Yankee Stadium (NYY 5, CLE 1). They now head to Houston to face the Astros for the American League pennant, while Cleveland heads home. The best-of-five ALDS went the distance and also featured two rainouts across eight days.<\/p>\n

The decision to start Nestor Cortes worked out wonderfully for New York, and the Yankees’ two towering power hitters — Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge — put runs on the board early to give them breathing room. The Guardians were playing from behind all game, and the decision to start Aaron Civale over Shane Bieber on short rest backfired spectacularly. <\/p>\n

Here are five takeaways from Game 5, plus a look at what’s next. <\/p>\n

1. Stanton hit another October homer <\/h2>\n

When the Guardians opted to start Civale in Game 5 rather than Bieber on short rest, it certainly came through as a questionable decision. Bieber is one of the game’s very best pitchers, and when your season is on the line, you want your best out there. Instead, Cleveland went with Civale, their homer-prone No. 4 starters. <\/p>\n

“We just feel like it’s the right thing to do for him and us,” manager Terry Francona said prior to Game 5 when asked about not using Bieber on short rest in a winner-take-all game. <\/p>\n

The decision to start Civale backfired immediately. He opened the game with a four-pitch walk to Gleyber Torres, hit Anthony Rizzo with a two-strike pitch, then served up a three-run opposite field home run to Stanton to put the Guardians in an early 3-0 hole<\/span>. Here is Stanton’s rocket dinger: <\/p>\n