The New York Yankees, who are said to have built up capability to go to the World Series every year, are a team's great pride in their career itself. Recently, however, they have kept their head down. The Yankees last advanced to the World Series was in 2009. It has been 13 years since then. It was the longest drought in the World Series since the Yankees won their first World Series title.안전놀이터

The Yankees have made clear their team's direction that they will seek the World Series again by acquiring Juan Soto, one of the best hitters in the Major League, through a massive trade with the San Diego Padres ahead of this season. The Yankees, which are still one of the most expensive teams in the league, overcame their slump last year to post the highest winning rate in the American League this year, raising expectations. On top of that, both Houston and Baltimore, the toughest teams for the Yankees, fell in the wild card series, which also had positive momentum.

The Yankees, who advanced to the Championship Series after breaking through Detroit's strong resistance in the Division Series, won both the first and second games in the Championship Series with Cleveland. However, Luke Weaver and Clay Holmes, the most trusted bullpen pitchers, collapsed one after another in Game 3 on the 18th (Korea time), and lost the game after extra time. While Game 4 was important, Game 5 was also a sweat match, but this time the Yankees laughed.

The Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 8-6 in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, which took place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday. After losing Game 3 after taking the first and second games, the Yankees recorded three wins and one loss overall in the series. Now, they have only one win left before they advance to the World Series. The Yankees can confirm their advance to the World Series as early as Tuesday at Game 5.

Cleveland Indians, which had one dramatic win the previous day, was in the order of Stephen Kwan (left fielder), Kyle Manzado (designated hitter), Jose Ramirez (third baseman), Josh Naylor (first baseman), Lane Thomas (center fielder), Daniel Schniman (right fielder), Andres Jimenez (second baseman), Austin Hedges (catcher), and Brian Locchio (striker). Right-hander Gavin Williams was the starting pitcher.

Against this backdrop, the Yankees were in the order of Gleyber Torres (second baseman), Juan Soto (right fielder), Aaron Judge (center fielder), Jaz Chisom Jr. (third baseman), Giancarlo Stanton (designated hitter), Anthony Rizzo (first baseman), Anthony Wolfie (striker), Austin Wells (catcher), and Alex Verdugo (left fielder). Lewis Hill was the starting pitcher.

The Yankees got off to a good start, with two young starters with fast ball control, command and ball control issues. He started off with the team boasting the strongest home run power in the majors this year. The Yankees took a 2-0 lead, with Juan Soto hitting a two-run shot in the middle, following first-runner Gleyber Torres hit a single to the right. When a 98.4-mile fastball came in on the fifth-highest side of the 3B-1S advantageous count, Soto swung his bat as if he had been waiting. It was Soto's second homer of the postseason this year.

Hill, however, was nervous as well. Steven Kwan walked and Kyle Manzado hit a double to the outfield after hitting the first baseman, making runners on the second and third bases with no outs. In this situation, Cleveland recovered one point with Jose Ramirez hitting a sacrifice fly. However, he failed to score an additional point on the ensuing opportunity.

The Yankees again hit a home run in the second inning. With Anthony Rizzo and Anthony Volpey both out and runners on base, Austin Wells hit a solo home run in the middle of the month to take a 3-1 lead. Wells was recorded as the first catcher of the Yankees who had a rookie status to hit a home run in the postseason. Cleveland Indians also showed strong performance, however. When the team was losing 1-3, Stephen Kwan, the leader of the third inning, hit a hit to open the door again. Then the out count went up for two consecutive times, but Kwan stole the second base, making it two outs and a second base, and Josh Naylor hit a timely hit to left to lead the game to one point difference.

While both teams failed to score points in chances in the fourth and fifth innings, the Yankees gained momentum first. Cleveland was trailing by one point, but put up Cade Smith, its must-winner, in the sixth inning to hold on. However, things didn't go as planned. Leading the Yankees 3-2 at the sixth inning, Juan Soto drew a walk to pressure Cleveland, and Aaron Judge hit a left-handed hit to support the team. Jazzy Chisom Jr. then made a sacrifice bunt to second and third bases with one out.

However, he did not need a sacrifice bunt. Giancarlo Stanton had one. Stanton was caught first in the countdown to 2S, but when the fourth pitch came into the zone, he swung his bat vigorously. The hit led to a three-run homer over the left-center fence, giving the Yankees valuable three runs. It was Stanton's fourth homer of the postseason this year, and he continued his great performance to make up for Aaron Judge's silence on homers. It was also significant in that he destroyed Cade Smith Card, Cleveland's must-winner.

However, the game between the two teams, which had an extended bloody battle with all the reliable bullpen pitchers on the previous day, was very close again this time. With home ground spectators' enthusiastic support, Cleveland did not give up the game. After losing 2-6, Cleveland launched a counterattack in the seventh inning. Following the leadoff man Brian Lockio's walk, Stephen Kwan got on base with a hit to the right field, making runners on the first and third bases with no outs.