Yankees avoid elimination against Guardians, take Game 4 behind Gerrit Cole's solid start

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The New York Yankees, with their backs against the wall, took Game 4 from the Cleveland Guardians, 4-2, to force a decisive Game 5 in the ALDS. 

The series moves back to the Bronx on Monday night, where it will be all hands on deck for both teams, as Aaron Civale and Jameson Taillon are expected to pitch "bullpen games." 

The Yankees got the scoring started early in this one, as Anthony Rizzo singled home Gleyber Torres, who also singled as the first batter of the game. He stole second as Aaron Judge struck out to put himself in the position to score. 

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Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees celebrates after scoring a run against the Cleveland Guardians during the sixth inning in game four of the American League Division Series at Progressive Field on October 16, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Then, Harrison Bader went yard for his third home run of the postseason, smashing a two-run bomb to the left center field seats to make it a 3-0 game. 

But, as fans have seen throughout this series, it doesn’t matter what the score is. The Guardians are going to fight. 

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They got on the scoreboard with yet another bloop hit off the bat of Jose Ramirez, who will continue to take them as they come. After it fell into no man’s land, Steven Kwan made his way home, but Ramirez was thrown out at first after coming off the bag too much to end the inning.  

The next run was scored by Josh Naylor, who made a statement when he smashed a solo homer to right center field. As he ran around the