Indians rally from 5- run deficit, win in 13
Yan Gomes singled home Austin Jackson from second base with none out in the 13th inning as the Indians rallied from five runs down to stun the Yankees 9- 8 Friday in Cleveland and snatch a 2- 0 lead in the AL Division Series.
Jackson drew a leadoff walk in the 13th from Dellin Betances and stole second. Gomes went to a full count before pulling his bouncer just inside the third- base bag, easily scoring Jackson. The Indians poured out of their dugout to mob Gomes, who ended the 5- hour, 8- minute thriller.
“We just were supposed to win,” said Indians outfielder Jay Bruce, who hit a game- tying homer in the eighth. “No words, honestly. I’m speechless.”
The Indians posted their biggest comeback win in postseason history, overcoming an 8- 3 deficit, a terrible start by ace Corey Kluber and a potentially serious injury to slugger Edwin Encarnacion.
Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth to rally Cleveland, right after a close call on a hit by pitch that the Yankees didn’t challenge.
New York had its chances late, but the Yankees stranded the goahead run at third in the ninth and 10th — and had pinch runner Ronald Torreyes picked off second in the 11th by Gomes from the behind the plate.
Josh Tomlin, who had been scheduled to start later in the series, pitched two perfect innings for the win.
Aaron Hicks hit a three- run homer off Kluber and Gary Sanchez and Greg Bird hit two- run shots for the Yankees, while Aaron Judge went 0- for- 3 and is hitless in seven at- bats in the series with five strikeouts.
Encarnacion was scrambling to get back to second base when he jammed his foot into the bag and rolled his ankle Friday. He dropped to the ground in obvious pain and writhed in the infield dirt while waiting for medical personnel.
Astros 8, Red Sox 2
Carlos Correa homered, doubled and drove in four runs and Jose Altuve added two more hits as the host Astros took a commanding 2- 0 series lead.
“One through nine, everybody can do damage, everybody can go deep,” Correa said. “That’s the good thing about our lineup, there’s no holes in our lineup, and we feel very confident no matter if we went 0- for- 4 the day before or if we went 4- for- 4.”
George Springer also homered to back Dallas Keuchel, who pitched into the sixth, allowing one run and three hits while striking out seven to improve to 3- 0 with a 0.96 ERA in three career postseason starts.
D- backs coach cleared
Major League Baseball said it found no evidence that Diamondbacks coach Ariel Prieto used his Apple Watch in the dugout during the wild- card gameWednesday.