ALCS Game 5 preview
Astros-Yankees Game 5 preview: Keuchel tries to right the ship
SportsMap staff
Oct 11, 2017, 1:51 am
Dallas Keuchel was great in Game 1. He will need to be again. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images
The Astros and Yankees play Game 5 of the ALCS today. Here is a preview of the game. Check back during the game for inning by inning updates:
When: 4:08 p.m.
Where: Yankee Stadium.
TV: Fox Sports1.
Streaming: Fox Sports Go.
Pitching matchup: Dallas Keuchel vs. Masahiro Tanaka.
Series: Tied 2-2.
The breakdown: The Astros get another chance after last night's epic meltdown. The series now officially hangs in the balance. The pitching matchup is a rematch of Game 1 with Keuchel going for Houston and Tanaka for New York. The Astros will hope to get a similar outcome to Game 1 where Keuchel dominated the Yankees over seven scoreless innings including 10 strikeouts while Tanaka allowed two runs in his six innings as the Astros went on to win that game 2-1.
Series schedule:
| Winner | Loser | Pitching matchup |
Game 1 | Astros 2 | Yankees 1 | Keuchel (W), Tanaka (L) |
Game 2 | Astros 2, | Yankees 1 | Verlander (W), Chapman (L) |
Game 3 | Yankees 8 | Astros 1 | Sabathia (W), Morton (L) |
Game 4 | Yankees 6 | Astros 4 | Green (W), Giles (L) |
Game 5 | Today, 4:08 | Yankee Stadium | Keuchel vs. Tanaka |
Game 6 | Fri. (TBA) | Minute Maid | +Verlander vs. Severino |
Game 7* | Sat. (TBA) | Minute Maid | TBA vs. TBA |
* Games 6-7 are if necessary. +-projected starters.
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