Soto delivered a go-ahead home run with two outs in the 10th inning to send New York back to the Fall Classic for the first time in 15 years.
Throughout the American League Championship Series, the New York Yankees have found ways to tag a Cleveland Guardians bullpen that ranked as the best in baseball during the regular season. So when Saturday's Game 5 ventured into extra innings, perhaps it was a sign of impending doom for the home team.
Cleveland held a 2–0 lead through five innings on Saturday thanks to a strong outing from Tanner Bibee. Manager Stephen Vogt opted to keep Bibee in the game after getting into a jam in the sixth. With two outs and a runner on third, Bibee gave up a game-tying home run to Giancarlo Stanton, which was Stanton's fifth of the postseason.
The game remained tied until the top of the10th, when catcher Austin Wells walked and reached second on an error by Guardians shortstop Brayan Rocchio. After Hunter Gaddis struck out Gleyber Torres, he got ahead with a 1–2 count to Soto, who fouled off four pitches before hitting a homer that will go down in Yankees lore.Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball and college sports.
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