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    MLB Playoffs: Yankees advance to ALCS with win vs. Royals; Guardians force ALDS Game 5 vs. Tigers

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    The New York Yankees advanced to their 11th ALCS since 2000 with a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals in Thursday’s Game 4, and the Cleveland Guardians avoided elimination and forced a Game 5 with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.

    The Yankees now head home and get some rest, as the ALCS doesn’t start until Monday. The Guardians and Tigers, meanwhile, return to Cleveland for Game 5 on Saturday.

    The Yankees defeated the Royals 3-1 in Thursday’s Game 4, with the final score reflecting the final standings of their ALDS as New York advanced to the American League Championship Series.

    The Yankees got on the board after just three pitches, thanks to a leadoff single by Gleyber Torres and a Juan Soto RBI double. Gerrit Cole took over and threw seven excellent innings with six hits and one allowed, no walks and four strikeouts. The offense resulted in one run in the fifth and sixth inning, with Giancarlo Stanton and Torres each finishing with two hits and an RBI. Luke Weaver scored the save with a clean ninth inning.

    The Royals, meanwhile, couldn’t get much going on offense outside of their sixth-inning at-bat, when Bobby Witt Jr. singled into right field and Vinnie Pasquantino followed with an RBI double. They went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position, leaving four men on base. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha pitched 4 2/3 innings with six hits and two earned runs allowed, one walk and two strikeouts.

    The Yankees will have to wait until Saturday night to find out if they will face the Guardians or Tigers in the ALCS on Monday.

    The Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers will play a decisive Game 5 in their ALDS on Saturday.

    David Fry’s two-run, pinch-hit home run off Beau Brieske gave Cleveland a 4-3 lead in the seventh inning of Game 4 on Thursday. Fry later drove in another run in the ninth on a safety squeeze bunt that scored Brayan Rocchio.

    Closer Emmanuel Clase got a chance to redeem himself for the three-run homer he gave up in Game 2 when Guardians manager Stephen Vogt brought him in with one out and two runners on in the eighth inning.

    Clase retired the first two batters he faced. In the ninth, he gave up a run on a leadoff double to Justyn-Henry Malloy and an RBI grounder to Jace Jung. Clase then struck out Matt Vierling to close out the 5-4 win and force Game 5.

    The Tigers are expected to start Tarik Skubal in Game 5, while Matthew Boyd will likely go for the Guardians.

    Live42 updates

    • The Yankees are heading to the ALCS!

      The Yankees defeated the Royals 3-1 in Game 4 to win their ALDS 3-1.

    • Luke Weaver comes in to close it out in the 9th

      He gets Pasquantino, Perez and Gurriel to end it. Yankees win.

    • Clay Holmes comes on in the 8th inning for the Yankees

    • Royals *almost* tied in the 7th

      Instead, Gerrit Cole has made it seven with six hits and one run allowed, no walks and four strikeouts.

    • Royals on the board in the 6th!

      Bobby Witt Jr. reached base with a single to right field, paving the way for Vinnie Pasquantino’s double to get the Royals going. It’s Yankees 3, Royals 1 at the end of the sixth.

    • The benches in Kansas City are empty

    • Giancarlo Stanton, give yourself a postseason

      The Yankees scored another run in the sixth.

    • After 5, Yankees lead Royals 2-0

      Gerrit Cole has allowed two hits and no walks and has struck out four Royals through five. He is in only 61 places.

    • Yankees knock out Michael Wacha in 5th inning

      Singles from Anthony Volpe, Jon Berti and then Gleyber Torres driving in a run forced manager Matt Quatraro to make a change, swapping Wacha for Lucas Erceg. The reliever only had to throw two pitches to end the inning with a flyout by Juan Soto.

    • Guards Force Game 5!

      With a 5-4 win, the series returns to Cleveland for a decisive Game 5 on Saturday.

    • CLE-DET: Guardians take 5-3 lead on safety squeeze

      Cleveland adds another run on a safety squeeze bunt from David Fry.

      The Guardians now lead 5-3 with one out and two runners in the top of the ninth.

    • CLE-DET: Guardians threaten to extend 4-3 lead

      Two consecutive one-out singles by Brayan Rocchio and Steven Kwan (3-for-5) gave Cleveland runners on first and second base with one out in the top of the ninth.

      Tigers manager AJ Hinch brings in Will Vest to replace Jackson Jobe.

    • NYY-KC: Yankees still lead in the 3rd

      The Royals (particularly Tommy Pham) got into the hit column in the bottom of the second inning, but got nothing to show for it as the rest of the inning went 1-2-3.

      In the top of the third, Michael Wacha walked Aaron Judge to lead off the bat, but then got a double play and a pop-out to Bobby Witt Jr.

    • CLE-DET: Emmanuel Clase in the 8th

      Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase gets a chance to redeem himself after giving up Kerry Carpenter’s 3-run homer in Game 2. But he’ll have to get five outs to close out Game 4.

      Tigers have runners on first and second base with one out.

    • CLE-DET: Colt Keith saves a point

      Cleveland nearly added another run to its 4-3 lead in the top of the eighth. Will Brennan was on second base after a two-out double and probably would have scored if an Andres Gimenez grounder had gotten through for a hit.

      But Colt Keith’s diving stop kept the ball in the infield and he threw Gimenez out first to end the inning.

      Tigers come on in the bottom of the eighth.

    • NYY-KC: Yankees, 1, Royals 0 after 2 innings

      Giancarlo Stanton led off the second inning with a double, but then the Yankees fell in order. In the bottom half, Gerrit Cole remained efficient and sent the Royals into order.

    • CLE-DET: David Fry hits 2-run homer for 4-3 Guardians lead

      Pinch-hitter David Fry hits a two-run homer off Beau Brieske for a 4-3 Guardians lead.

      Tigers left-hander Sean Guenther got the first two outs of the seventh inning, but Steven Kwan reached base with a single.

      Detroit manager AJ Hinch brought in right-hander Brieske to face Fry, and a wild pitch moved Kwan to second base. Brieske then threw a 97.5 mph fastball down the middle of the strike zone, and Fry didn’t miss.

    • NYY-KC: Yankees in control after the first inning

      Gerrit Cole struck out two Royals batters in an efficient, 1-2-3 bottom half of the first inning. On to the second…

    • CLE-DET: New postseason attendance record at Comerica Park

      One night, after setting a Comerica Park postseason record for attendance, the Tigers set a new record.

      How many Guardians fans made the drive from Cleveland to help with that figure?

    • NYY-KC: Yankees take early 1-0 lead

      Just three pitches into the game, the Yankees strike first on a Gleyber Torres double and Juan Soto RBI single.

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