The New York Yankees have been one of the best teams at home
here in 2017 during not only the regular season but in the postseason as well.
New York must protect its house one more time this evening as the Houston
Astros and the Yankees play Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Home
field advantage has been a huge thing for most teams throughout this postseason
and I have a feeling it will continue to be huge for especially the Yankees
tonight in the Bronx as the team needs another win before heading back to
Houston for Game 6, because there WILL be a Game 6. Write it down. The Yankees
will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound tonight looking to pitch as well or
better than he did in Game One of the series while the Astros will counter with
an old thorn in the Yankees side in Dallas Keuchel.
Tanaka matched Keuchel for much of their Game One matchup in
this American League Championship series but it was not enough in a tough loss
for New York. Tanaka has pitched marvelously in his last two playoff starts
though which is a great sign for the New York Yankees going forward who need
another great start tonight from him in the Bronx.
Keuchel pitched seven shutout innings in that Game One
victory for Houston including ten strikeouts. Keuchel also shutout the Yankees
for six innings in the 2015 AL Wild Card Game which means, and maybe this is
just Optimistic Dan speaking here, that New York is due to run into a few and
scratch a few runs across the board here tonight. I just hope they are enough
for a victory.
The game will be played at 5:00 pm ET inside Yankee Stadium
and can be seen on Fox Sports One. You can also follow along in your cars and
on the radio, because come on guys… 5:00 in the afternoon on a Wednesday in the
middle of a work week… what the hell were you thinking MLB schedule makers? by
tuning into either WFAN with John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman or by tuning into
ESPN Radio. Bold prediction time, if the Yankees win tonight against Keuchel
the team will 100% win the series so need a win, shock the world and get a win.
Go Yankees!
Yeah, what's this day game horseshit two days in a row? They must be striving for low viewer ratings.
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