For the second straight night in the ALCS, the game was decided in the final inning. On Friday night, the Yankees again hit Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase, but after scoring twice in the top of the ninth inning, they kept the Guardians off the scoreboard and won 8-6. New York now has a stranglehold on the series, three games to one.

As is often the case in this series, the Yankees pounced on the Guardians’ mistakes. In the ninth, Alex Verdugo served a double play grounder to Brayan Rocchio, but the young short stop started it, allowing the go ahead run to score. Gleyber Torres followed with an RBI single to drive in the final run for New York.

Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton provided most of the offense for the Yankees with home runs in the first and sixth inning, respectively. Stanton now has 9 RBIs in the playoffs, leading New York.

Cleveland needs to find a way to pick themselves up and get back into the series or their season ends today. Game 5 is tonight at Progressive Field. Carlos Rodon starts for the Yankees and Tanner Bibee gets the ball for the Guardians.

Let’s dive a little deeper into Game 5 and find some sweat.

We’ve got all the information and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest information on how to catch the first pitch, the expected pitching matchup, recent team performance, player stats and of course our predictions and picks. and the best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details and how to watch Yankees @ Guardians – Game 5

● Date: Saturday October 19, 2024
● Time: 8:08 PM ET
● Location: Progressive field
● City: Cleveland, OH
● TV/streaming: TBS, TruTV, MAX

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ALCS Game 5 Odds for Yankees @ Guardians

The latest odds from Saturday morning:

● Moneyline: Cleveland Guardians (+100), New York Yankees (-120)
● Spread: Guards +1.5 (-175), Yankees -1.5 (+145)
● Total: 7.5

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Likely starting pitchers for New York @ Cleveland

● Saturday’s pitching game (October 19): Carlos Rodon vs. Tanner Bibee

○ Guards: Bibee (0-1, 3.60 ERA) – Lost to the Yankees in Game 2, giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits while getting only 4 outs.

○ Yankees: Rodon (1-1, 4.66 ERA) – Defeated the Guardians in Game 1 with a masterful 6-inning performance, giving up 3 hits and a single run while striking out 9.

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The top betting trends and insights you need to know ahead of ALCS Game 5: Yankees @ Guardians

· Teams that win the first two games of a best of seven series win the series 83.5% of the time.

· Each of the 4 ALCS games has exceeded the total.

· The Yankees are 4-4 ATS in the postseason.

· Giancarlo Stanton homered every 15.4 ABs during the regular season. He’s averaging one home run per 7.5 ABs in the 2024 playoffs.

· Stanton averaged 1 RBI per 5.8 ABs in the regular season. He averages 1 RBI per 3.33 ABs.

· The Guardians are 3-6 ATS and 6-3 OVER this postseason.

· New York and Cleveland have met in the playoffs six times: 1997, 1998, 2007, 2017, 2020 and 2022. The Yankees 4 of 6 series, including the most recent series – the 2022 ALDS, 3 to 2 games . Yankees are 16-12 against Cleveland in the playoffs.

Playoff histories for Cleveland and New York

• Guards: Cleveland has an all-time record of 64-63. They have appeared in the World Series six times (1920, 1948, 1954,1995, 1997 and 2016) and have lost six times.
• Yankees: The Yankees want to claim their 41st^st AL Wimpel. New York has won 27 World Championships. Their last World Series win was in 2009. They have been to the playoffs 57 times.

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Expert picks and predictions for Game 5 of the ALCS between Cleveland and New York

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Once the model is ready, we place its projection next to the final betting lines so that the game can reach a relative level of confidence for each bet.

Here are the best bets our model predicts for Saturday’s Game 5 between the Guardians and the Yankees:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports recommends a Yankees game on the Moneyline
• Spread: NBC Sports recommends a game on the Yankees on the Run Line
• Total runs: NBC Sports recommends a game of more than 7.5 total runs

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