Yankees jump on Guardians behind Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge home runs

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After a Monday night dampened by rain, Game 5 of the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians Tuesday afternoon got off to a bang for the home team thanks to Giancarlo Stanton. 

Guardians starter Aaron Civale was going to have a short leash by manager Terry Francona in this win-or-go-home battle, but Stanton made it much shorter than Cleveland would have liked. 

After Civale allowed two runners to reach base in the first inning — Gleyber Torres walked on four pitches and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch — Stanton mashed an outside cutter into the right-field seats to make it 3-0 Yankees from the jump. 

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Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees hits a three-run home run against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning in Game 5 of an American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium Oct. 18, 2022, in New York. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Stanton had a home run earlier this season off Civale July 2 in Cleveland, where he went 2-for-4 on the day. 

Josh Donaldson hit an infield single right after the three Yankees rounded the bases, and that was all for Civale. Francona walked out of the dugout and brought in Sam Hentges after Civale recorded a single out, striking out Aaron Judge on a 3-2 curveball. 

The Yankees weren't done. Judge hit a hanging curveball from Hentges in the vicinity of where Stanton hit his home run to add to the Yankees' total with a solo homer, making it 4-0. 

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Stanton and Judge both have two homers in this series now, but they have both struggled entering Game 5. Judge was