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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Takeaways
Detroit: The Pistons committed 23 turnovers but were able to overcome it by forcing the Rockets into 17 turnovers and converting it into 19 points.
Houston: The Rockets got balanced scoring with five players in double figures, including Alperen Sengun, who had 11 points and eight rebounds, and Cam Whitmore, who had 10 points off the bench, but they couldn’t overcome poor shooting.
Key moment
After Houston cut Detroit’s lead to 90-85 three minutes into the fourth quarter, Marcus Sasser hit a jumper and three-pointer to spark an 11-2 run as Detroit pulled away.
Key stat
Detroit had a 52-39 advantage in rebounding and a 50-40 edge in points in the paint.
Up next
Houston hosts Cleveland on Wednesday, and Detroit plays at Atlanta the same day.