ALCS Game 3 preview
Scene shifts to Yankee Stadium as Astros lead series 2-0
Oct 11, 2017, 2:53 am
George Springer looks to get the Astros bats going. Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images
The Astros and Yankees play Game 3 of the ALCS today. Here is a preview of the game. Check back during the game for inning by inning updates:
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Yankee Stadium.
TV: Fox Sports1.
Streaming: Fox Sports Go.
Pitching matchup: Charlie Morton vs. C.C. Sabathia.
Series: Astros lead 2-0.
The breakdown: The Astros took the first two games at Minute Maid with fantastic pitching performances from Dallas Keuchel and Justin Verlander. Saturday's dramatic victory was one for the ages, with Jose Altuve dashing home in the ninth on a gusty play. Today's game features a pair of 14-game winners in Charlie Morton of the Astros and veteran C.C. Sabathia for the Yankees. Morton will likely have a short leash, because the Astros can take a stranglehold on the series if they can get by this one. But don't count out the Yankees. They had chances to win both games at Minute Maid and rallied from down 0-2 to beat a terrific Indians team in the first round.
Series schedule:
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| Pitching matchup | |
Game 1 | Astros 2 | Yankees 1 | Keuchel (W), Giles (S), Tanaka (L) |
Game 2 | Astros 2, | Yankees 1 | Verlander (W), Chapman (L) |
Game 3 | Today, 7 p.m. | Yankee Stadium | Charlie Morton vs. CC Sabathia |
Game 4 | Tues., (TBA) | Yankee Stadium | TBA vs. Sonny Gray |
Game 5* | Wed., (TBA) | Yankee Stadium | TBA vs. TBA |
Game 6* | Oct. 20 (TBA) | Minute Maid Park | TBA vs. TBA |
Game 7* | Oct. 21 (TBA) | Minute Maid Park | TBA vs. TBA |
* Games 5-7 are if necessary.
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Oswald Peraza hit a two-run single in the ninth inning to help the Los Angeles Angels snap a three-game losing skid by beating the Houston Astros 4-1 on Saturday night.
Peraza entered the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and hit a bases-loaded fly ball to deep right field that eluded the outstretched glove of Cam Smith. It was the fourth straight hit off Astros closer Bryan Abreu (3-4), who had not allowed a run in his previous 12 appearances.
The Angels third run of the ninth inning scored when Mike Trout walked with the bases loaded.
Kyle Hendricks allowed one run while scattering seven hits over six innings. He held the Astros to 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position, the one hit coming on Jesús Sánchez’s third-inning infield single that scored Jeremy Peña.
Reid Detmers worked around a leadoff walk to keep the Astros scoreless in the seventh, and José Fermin (3-2) retired the side in order in the eighth before Kenley Jansen worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save.
Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti struck out a season-high eight batters over 6 1/3 innings. The only hit he allowed was Zach Neto’s third-inning solo home run.
Yordan Alvarez had two hits for the Astros, who remained three games ahead of Seattle for first place in the AL West.
Key moment
Peraza’s two-run single to deep right field that broke a 1-1 tie in the ninth.
Key Stat
Opponents were 5 for 44 against Abreu in August before he allowed four straight hits in the ninth.
Up next
Astros RHP Hunter Brown (10-6, 2.37 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (9-9, 3.85) when the series continues Sunday.