Juan Soto was supposed to be the difference-maker, the one who pushed the New York Yankees back to the top.They're one step away.
The New York Yankees pose for a team picture after Game 5 of the baseball AL Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Cleveland. The Yankees won 5-2 to advance to the World Series.
With the score tied 2-2 in the third consecutive tight game in three nights at Progressive Field, Austin Wells walked with one out in the 10th and Alex Verdugo followed with a grounder to Guardians second baseman Andrés Giménez, whose soft toss to the bag was dropped by rookie shortstop Brayan Rocchio for an error.
Luke Weaver got the final three outs, with Lane Thomas flying out to right field for the last one, which was caught by Soto — naturally. “I think we should re-sign Soto,” third baseman Jazz Chisolm Jr. said. “Seven-hundred million dollars, final offer!” The Guardians rallied to win Game 3 on two, two-run homers in their last two at-bats, and the Yankees held on to win Game 4 after blowing a four-run lead.
“There’s only one team that gets to win the last game of the year, and unfortunately it’s not going to be us,” Vogt said. “But we accomplished a lot as a group. We got better. We worked extremely hard. I couldn’t be more proud of this group. We just didn’t get quite as far as we wanted to.
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