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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Stanton suffered the injury in his first at-bat in Game 1 on Saturday night.
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The Yankees were unable to sign Cole after drafting him out of high school in 2008, then missed out on trading for him two offseasons ago.
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Scenes from Game 2 of the ALCS between the Yankees and the Houston Astros.
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Torres, Giancarlo Stanton and Gio Urshela hit home runs and Tanaka allowed one hit in six shutout innings.
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The Yankees remained one or more steps ahead of the Astros at every turn with pitching, defense and plenty of power.
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It's possible Boone wanted to cut Tanaka's outing short in case he needs the righthander to pitch on short rest Wednesday at Yankee Stadium.
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The Yankees face the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the 2019 American League Championship Series on Saturday, Oct. 12 ...
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Follow along with our live boxscore as the Yankees and Houston Astros meet in the opening game of the ALCS.
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As tempting as it may be to write in the suddenly healthy, switch-hitting, Gold Glove-caliber outfielder, Aaron Boone had no reason to be hasty with Aaron Hicks.
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"We've kind of figured that we'd have to come through here eventually if we wanted to get to where we wanted to be in the end," Brett Gardner said.
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Tyler Wade and Luke Voit won't be on the ALCS roster vs. Astros after being on the ALDS roster vs. Twins.
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The former Yankees are special advisers to general manager Brian Cashman.
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Some around the game believe they're not traveling as far as they did in the regular season.
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"It's just like a little fun camaraderie thing to have,'' Luke Voit said of the awarding of the championship belt after a victory.
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Yankees don't have to finalize the 25 players -- which might include Aaron Hicks -- until Saturday morning.
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The Astros have a huge home-field advantage, but not so much if the Yankees are ahead.
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"Any time you lose and get knocked out of the postseason, it leaves a little bit of a bitter taste in your mouth," Brett Gardner said.
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James Paxton will start the second game with Luis Severino slated for Game 3 against the Astros.