![[MLB] Yankees, ‘1 win ahead’ of World Series… Dodgers ‘next time’](https://img.newspim.com/news/2024/10/19/2410191330472200_w.jpg "[MLB] Yankees, ‘1 win ahead’ of World Series… Dodgers ‘next time’")
[서울=뉴스핌] Sports Reporter Jang Hwan-soo = The New York Yankees reached 3 wins (1 loss) and are only one win away from advancing to the World Series for the first time in 15 years. The LA Dodgers returned to Los Angeles after suffering their second loss (third win).
The Yankees won 8-6 over Cleveland in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS, 4 wins out of 7) held at Progressive Field in Cleveland on the 19th (Korean time).
The Yankees, who have 3 wins and 1 loss, need to win just one more game to climb to the top of the AL for the first time since 2009. At that time, the Yankees defeated Philadelphia and won the World Series trophy.
On this day, the Yankees hit three home runs and took the lead from the beginning. Juan Soto hit a two-run home run in the first inning, and Austin Wells hit a solo home run in the second inning. In the 6th inning, trailing 3-2, Giancarlo Stanton hit a 3-pointer, his 4th home run of the postseason.
However, the game was decided only in the 9th inning. Cleveland trailed 5-6 in the 7th inning with back-to-back doubles by Jose Ramirez and Josh Naylor, and tied the score at 6-6 with David Frye’s infield hit in the 8th inning with 2 outs and a runner on third base.
The Yankees, who were on the brink of a come-from-behind loss for two days in a row, had Alex Verdugo hit an infield grounder at second and third bases with one out in the 9th inning to bring home a runner on third base, and Gleyber Torres’ timely hit to add one run to tie the game. Yankees Aaron Judge had just 1 hit, 1 walk, and 1 run in 4 at-bats.
The 5th game between the two teams will be held at the same location on the 20th.
The New York Mets won 12-6 in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) against the Dodgers at New York City Field. The Mets, who had been pushed to the brink, won 2 wins and 3 losses and revived the spark of hope. Game 6 will be held on the 21st at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the home of the Dodgers.
On this day, the Mets showed concentration and did not strike out a single batter, hitting the Dodgers mound with 14 long and short hits.
Pete Alonso hit a three-run home run against Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty in the first inning, and Starling Marte led the batting line with 4 hits and 3 RBIs in 5 at-bats.
Dodgers top hitter Shohei Ohtani reached base three times with 2 hits and 1 walk in 4 at-bats, but did not contribute to the team’s scoring. Local evaluations poured in that it was unbecoming of Ohtani, who succeeded in stealing 59 bases in the regular season, to not be able to dig home when Teoscar Hernández’s ground ball to shortstop at second and third base with no outs after hitting a single in front of center field in the first inning.
The Dodgers collapsed after squandering a perfect scoring opportunity in the first inning. Ohtani failed to steal only one base in 10 postseason games.
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