Astros-Yankees ALCS Game 4 live updates: Harrison Bader ends Héctor Neris' perfect postseason by drilling a one-out solo homer to left field in the sixth inning. It's 5-4 New York.
For the first time in the ALCS, the Yankees are in control.
Lance McCullers Jr is off. New York is extending at-bats and has already pushed McCullers to 45 pitches.Can Jose Altuve get his club going on a windy, chilly night inside Yankee Stadium? —After struggling with his slider in the first inning, McCullers fed Isiah Kiner-Falefa four consecutive sinkers to begin the second inning. The Yankees shortstop doubled, and McCullers threw a first-pitch slider to Jose Trevino. It was a ball.
McCullers returned to the slider just four more times the rest of the inning. One got Trevino to flyout, one was a wild ball four to Aaron Judge with two outs, and Anthony Rizzo torched another for a run-scoring double.Lance McCullers Jr. looks very out of rhythm. He’s needed 45 pitches to procure six outs. Aside from Giancarlo Stanton’s first-inning single, he isn’t getting hit very hard, but he is putting himself in far too many disadvantage counts and not getting any chase on his slider.
,"Any time you have an opportunity to help send your team to the World Series, it’s special, so I’m looking forward to tomorrow."The Yankee Stadium infield had been covered by a tarp all day. The grounds crew got a big cheer when they started removing it. It's now been rolled up and put away.