Member of cheating Astros team dishes on scandal, knew what pitch was coming on key ALCS homer

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New York Yankees fans, look away if you don't want to revisit a nightmare.

In a since-deleted tweet, former Houston Astros slugger Evan Gattis pointed at the irony of getting shut out in games where the team was banging trash cans to signal to hitters what pitch was coming.

"The craziest thing about the cheating year is facing a guy like yu darvish and getting shut out knowing what's coming," he tweeted on Monday afternoon.

That prompted a Yankee fan to ask him about the homer Gattis hit in Game 7 of that American League Championship Series, which Houston won, 4-0, over New York.

Evan Gattis #11 of the Houston Astros hits a a solo home run against CC Sabathia #52 of the New York Yankees during the fourth inning in Game Seven of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on October 21, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

"So you knew what pitch from CC [Sabathia] was coming in Game 7?" @coco_yankz asked.

Gattis kept it blunt: "Yes."

Gattis was leading off the bottom of the fourth inning in a scoreless tie when the DH slugged a 2-2 pitch deep into left field to give the Astros the lead. Well, he admitted he had some help before that pitch.

Evan Gattis #11 of the Houston Astros rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees at Minute Maid Park on Saturday, October 21, 2017 in Houston, Texas.  (Cooper Neill/MLB via Getty Images)

When asked if that pitch was a "trash can bang," he said it was.

"Yes. I'm pretty sure. Back door cutter slider."

When news of the cheating scandal broke, Sabathia, the pitcher