CLEVELAND -- After a pulsating Game 3 that saw the Cleveland Guardians climb back into the American League Championship Series in the most dramatic fashion, the New York Yankees have less than 24 hours to clear their heads. The Guardians, one out away from a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven series, got a two-run homer from pinch hitter Jhonkensy Noel in the bottom of the ninth inning and a two-run shot from David Fry in the 10th to earn a 7-5 win on Thursday. Cleveland will attempt to level the series in Game 4 against the visiting Yankees on Friday.
"Sucks losing like that, obviously, but kind of a classic game, and we'll be ready to roll tomorrow," New York manager Aaron Boone said. The Yankees fell despite hitting two dramatic homers of their own: a game-tying two-run blast from Aaron Judge and a go-ahead solo shot from Giancarlo Stanton, both in the eighth inning against Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase. "That was an incredible game on both sides," Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.
"All the emotions, ups and downs, back and forth, you name it. If there's an emotion, we all felt it on both sides. "I couldn't be more proud of our guys.
That's exactly who we are. We never quit. We get punched in the teeth pretty hard there in the eighth, and our guys stepped up huge for the guy that carried us all year long (Clase).
That was really fun to see." What won't be fun for either manager will be mapping out a Game 4 bullpen plan to back a pair of starting pitchers who wi.
