Guardians score three runs in ninth to put Yankees on brink of elimination

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The Cleveland Guardians were down to their final strike, but the scrappy team got it done again.

The Guardians scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the New York Yankees 6-5, and now lead the best-of-five series two games to one.

Wandy Peralta retired the first five batters he faced, but after back-to-back bloop hits to put the winning run at the plate, Aaron Boone went with the rightly Clarke Schmidt. However, he allowed back-to-back singles to load the bases, cut the Yanks' lead to one, and put the tying and winning runs in scoring position. He struck out Josh Naylor, but Oscar Gonzalez, who sent the Guardians to the ALDS with a walk-off homer, lined a single up the middle to score two runs and win the game.

The Guardians got on the board early. Steven Kwan scored on a Josh Naylor single after his leadoff double, and in the second, Kwan had an RBI single himself.

Oscar Gonzalez #39 of the Cleveland Guardians celebrates with his team after hitting a two run single during the ninth inning against the New York Yankees in game three of the American League Division Series at Progressive Field on October 15, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

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But Aaron Judge reminded fans he’s still Aaron Judge, even after going 0-for-9 with eight strikeouts in his first 10 plate appearances this series. He bombed a 449-foot two-run homer off Triston McKenzie in the third to tie the game.

In the fourth, rookie Oswaldo Cabrera, who was dropped from the five-hole to the ninth spot, blasted a two-run shot of his own to give the Yanks a 4-2 lead. McKenzie allowed four runs on