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MLB action continues Friday as the best-of-five Division Series rolls on!
The Cleveland Guardians outlasted the New York Yankees in a hard-fought Game 2 of the ALDS, which was postponed from Thursday due to inclement weather. The series is now tied 1-1 heading into Saturday.
Elsewhere, the first of Friday’s two NLDS Game 3s takes center stage on FS1, as the Atlanta Braves take on the Philadelphia Phillies, followed by the Los Angeles Dodgers facing the San Diego Padres tonight (8:37 p.m. ET).
Here are all the top plays from Friday’s action.
Braves at Phillies (Series tied 1-1)
In the zone
For the first time since 2011, postseason baseball was going down in Philly, and the home team started off with a bang.
After allowing just one hit in the first inning, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola struck out the side in the second inning to keep things scoreless.
Stay tuned for updates.
Guardians 4, Yankees 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Hot start
New York came out swinging — literally — in this one. In the bottom of the first inning, Yankees DH Giancarlo Stanton homered to right field, bringing in Gleyber Torres with him for an early 2-0 lead.
Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton launches two-run homer
Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton crushes a two-run home run to give New York an early 2-0 lead over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 2 of the ALDS.
Closing the gap
Andrés Giménez’s single to right field allowed Josh Naylor to score, bringing the Guardians within one run.
With bases loaded, Cleveland had a chance to take the lead, but Yankees starter Nestor Cortes had other plans. He came up with a clutch play get N.Y. off the field with its lead intact.
Nestor Cortes makes unbelievable play to end the Guardians’ rally
With the bases loaded, New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes makes an unreal snag and gets the third out at first to end the Cleveland Guardians’ rally.
Knotted up
The Guardians tied things up in the fifth inning when Amed Rosario homered to center field.
Amed Rosario’s solo home run ties the game up at 2
Cleveland Guardians’ Amed Rosario ties the game up at 2.
Right on the money
Guardians pitcher Trevor Stephan — a former Yankees prospect — continued his dominant performance against his former team, as Cleveland kept things even through the seventh inning.
Free baseball!
Jameson Taillon entered the game for the Yankees in the top of the 10th inning, but things didn’t go as planned.
José Ramírez hit a shallow fly to left and then advanced to third on a throwing error by Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson.
When it rains, it pours
Ramírez scored on the next at-bat, courtesy of a single from Oscar Gonzalez. Just like that, Cleveland took a 3-2 lead with no outs and momentum on its side.
It didn’t stay a one-run game for long, as Gonzalez got home shortly after to make it 4-2, and things ended there.
COMING UP:
Dodgers at Padres (Series tied 1-1)
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San Diego Padres
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