The New York Yankees have gained the pennant.
With an exciting Sport 5 win Saturday towards the Cleveland Guardians, the Yankees gained the American League Championship Collection and punched their ticket to the World Collection for the primary time since 2009.
Right here is how the sport went down, from reside updates and evaluation to takeaways and what’s subsequent for each groups.
Takeaways
New York wins sequence 4-1
The second-longest pennant drought in Yankees historical past is over. For the primary time since 2009, New York is headed to the World Collection after successful the final two of three dramatic video games towards the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Area. Juan Soto confirmed why he’s essentially the most full hitter within the sport with a masterful at-bat towards Hunter Gaddis within the tenth, fouling off 4 pitches after falling behind 1-2, then mashing a three-run homer to right-center because the jubilant Bombers spilled out of the guests dugout in euphoria. All three runs have been unearned because of a botched catch of a flip by Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio on what may have been an inning-ending double play. That was symbolic of a sequence during which the Guardians have been at occasions ragged and their margin of error within the matchup was skinny because it was. On the night time of the 2024 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony not removed from the ballpark, the Yankees are dancing the night time away in Cleveland. For the Guardians, who final gained the World Collection in 1948, baseball’s longest title drought continues for at the very least one other yr.
What’s subsequent: A method or one other, we’re headed for a traditional huge market World Collection showdown and the Yankees can now go residence and see who survives the Dodgers-Mets sequence within the NLCS. Both we get the second Yankees-Mets version of the Subway Collection, or we get the eleventh version of the Yankees-Dodgers rivalry within the Fall Traditional and the primary since 1981. — Bradford Doolittle
