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Series Summary

2017 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 13
NYY 1 Final
HOU 2
Game 2, October 14
NYY 1 Final
HOU 2
Game 3, October 16
HOU 1 Final
NYY 8
Game 4, October 17
HOU 4 Final
NYY 6
Game 5, October 18
HOU 0 Final
NYY 5
Game 6, October 20
NYY 1 Final
HOU 7
Game 7, October 21
NYY 0 Final
HOU 4

Series Summary

Game Summary

Friday, October 20, 2017
Start Time: 7:09 p.m. Local
Attendance: 43,179
Venue: Minute Maid Park
Game Duration: 3:23
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 1
Houston Astros 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 X 7 8 0
WP: Justin Verlander (4-0) • LP: Luis Severino (1-1)

New York Yankees

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Brett Gardner LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.229 0.283 0.333 0.616 0.000 0.000
Aaron Judge RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 0.205 0.340 0.545 0.885 0.000 1.000
Didi Gregorius SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.273 0.373 0.545 0.918 0.000 0.000
Gary Sanchez C 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.204 0.216 0.429 0.644 0.000 0.000
Greg Bird 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.243 0.440 0.514 0.954 0.000 0.000
Starlin Castro 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.234 0.280 0.298 0.578 0.000 0.000
Aaron Hicks CF 3 0 0 0 1 3 4 0.205 0.255 0.318 0.574 0.000 0.000
Todd Frazier 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.195 0.250 0.317 0.567 0.000 0.000
Chase Headley DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 0.259 0.286 0.296 0.582 0.000 0.000
Luis Severino P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Chad Green P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   David Robertson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Dellin Betances P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 33 1 7 1 2 10 36 0.212 0.278 0.303 0.581 0.000 1.000

Houston Astros

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
George Springer CF 4 0 0 0 1 2 5 0.231 0.333 0.359 0.692 0.030 0.100
Josh Reddick RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.162 0.225 0.162 0.387 0.000 0.000
Jose Altuve 2B 4 1 2 3 0 1 4 0.405 0.500 0.730 1.230 0.330 2.083
Carlos Correa SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 0.275 0.326 0.600 0.926 0.054 0.617
Yuli Gurriel 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0.378 0.425 0.541 0.966 0.104 1.033
Alex Bregman 3B 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 0.184 0.244 0.395 0.639 0.246 1.700
Marwin Gonzalez LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.152 0.243 0.212 0.455 0.013 0.050
Evan Gattis DH 2 1 0 1 1 1 4 0.250 0.381 0.375 0.756 0.070 0.583
Brian McCann C 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.133 0.212 0.167 0.379 0.154 0.833
Justin Verlander P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Brad Peacock P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Ken Giles P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 31 7 8 7 5 7 37 0.258 0.351 0.452 0.803 1.000 7.000

New York Yankees

New York Yankees Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Luis Severino, L (1-1) 4.2 3 3 3 4 3 0 5.63 21 79 48 27 5 16 5 9 5 0 45 -0.109 1.17 -2.71% 52.31 -1.0
Chad Green 2.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4.15 8 38 22 14 4 4 0 4 1 0 2 0 0.050 0.27 1.24% 11.97 1.5
David Robertson 0 4 4 4 0 0 1 4.91 4 12 8 6 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 -0.057 0.17 -1.41% 7.35 -3.9
Dellin Betances 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.50 4 15 9 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0.000 0.01 0.00% 0.56 0.4
Team Totals 8 8 7 7 5 7 1 7.88 37 144 87 52 12 23 7 18 10 0 45 3 1 -0.116 0.74 -2.88% 33.14 -3.0

David Robertson faced 4 batters in the 8th inning.

Houston Astros

Houston Astros Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Justin Verlander, W (4-0) 7 5 0 0 1 8 0 1.46 27 99 70 36 17 17 5 12 4 0 74 0.372 1.17 9.27% 52.09 3.5
Brad Peacock, H (1) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9.00 4 16 8 3 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.009 0.72 0.23% 32.19 -0.5
Ken Giles 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 7.50 5 23 13 7 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0.003 0.08 0.06% 3.39 0.5
Team Totals 9 7 1 1 2 10 1 1.00 36 138 91 46 21 24 5 18 5 0 74 0 0 0.384 0.97 9.56% 43.11 3.5

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Justin Verlander (1; Starlin Castro).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) FBX NYY Brett Gardner Justin Verlander -4% 46% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t1 0-0 0 1– 3,(0-2) SCX OO NYY Aaron Judge Justin Verlander 7% 54% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 5,(1-2) BSFFX O NYY Didi Gregorius Justin Verlander 1% 55% Popfly: 3B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Luis Severino facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 4,(2-1) BBSX O HOU George Springer Luis Severino -2% 53% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O HOU Josh Reddick Luis Severino -2% 51% Lineout: LF 0.0
b1 0-0 2 — 4,(1-2) FSBX O HOU Jose Altuve Luis Severino -1% 50% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Top of the 2nd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CFBX NYY Gary Sanchez Justin Verlander -4% 46% Single to 3B (Ground Ball) 0.0
t2 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) BCS1S O NYY Greg Bird Justin Verlander 4% 50% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O NYY Starlin Castro Justin Verlander 3% 53% Flyball: CF 0.0
t2 0-0 2 1– 4,(1-2) CBFS O NYY Aaron Hicks Justin Verlander 2% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Luis Severino facing 4-5-6
b2 0-0 0 — 5,(1-2) CFBFX O HOU Carlos Correa Luis Severino -2% 53% Flyball: RF 0.0
b2 0-0 1 — 7,(3-2) BCFBFBB HOU Yuli Gurriel Luis Severino 3% 55% Walk 0.0
b2 0-0 1 1– 5,(0-2) FFFFS O HOU Alex Bregman Luis Severino -3% 52% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 2 1– 1,(0-0) X O HOU Marwin Gonzalez Luis Severino -2% 50% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Top of the 3rd, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 — 5,(1-2) FBSFX O NYY Todd Frazier Justin Verlander 3% 53% Flyball: CF 0.0
t3 0-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX NYY Chase Headley Justin Verlander -3% 50% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t3 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X O NYY Brett Gardner Justin Verlander 3% 53% Flyball: LF 0.0
t3 0-0 2 1– 3,(0-2) CSS O NYY Aaron Judge Justin Verlander 3% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Luis Severino facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O HOU Evan Gattis Luis Severino -3% 53% Groundout: C-1B 0.0
b3 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CCX O HOU Brian McCann Luis Severino -2% 51% Popfly: SS 0.0
b3 0-0 2 — 5,(2-2) BBFFS O HOU George Springer Luis Severino -1% 50% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Top of the 4th, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 3-4-5
t4 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) SX O NYY Didi Gregorius Justin Verlander 3% 53% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t4 0-0 1 — 5,(1-2) CCFBX O NYY Gary Sanchez Justin Verlander 2% 55% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t4 0-0 2 — 5,(2-2) BCFBS O NYY Greg Bird Justin Verlander 1% 56% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Luis Severino facing 2-3-4
b4 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O HOU Josh Reddick Luis Severino -3% 53% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b4 0-0 1 — 3,(0-2) CCS O HOU Jose Altuve Luis Severino -2% 51% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 0-0 2 — 6,(3-2) BBCBCX HOU Carlos Correa Luis Severino 1% 53% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
b4 0-0 2 1– 2,(0-1) C1X O HOU Yuli Gurriel Luis Severino -3% 50% Lineout: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Top of the 5th, Yankees Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 6-7-8
t5 0-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CBBSX O NYY Starlin Castro Justin Verlander 3% 53% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t5 0-0 1 — 5,(2-2) BBSSS O NYY Aaron Hicks Justin Verlander 2% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 0-0 2 — 4,(1-2) FBCS O NYY Todd Frazier Justin Verlander 1% 57% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Yankees’ Luis Severino facing 6-7-8
b5 0-0 0 — 5,(3-1) BFBBB HOU Alex Bregman Luis Severino 5% 61% Walk 0.5833
b5 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) C1CBX O HOU Marwin Gonzalez Luis Severino -2% 59% Groundout: 2B-1B; Bregman to 2B 0.05
b5 0-0 1 -2- 4,(3-0) *BBBB HOU Evan Gattis Luis Severino 2% 61% Walk 0.4667
b5 0-0 1 12- 5,(2-2) CCBBX R HOU Brian McCann Luis Severino 18% 79% Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Bregman Scores; Gattis to 3B 0.7167
b5 1-0 1 -23 4,(3-0) BBBB HOU George Springer Luis Severino 1% 80% Walk 0.1
b5 1-0 1 123 3,(1-1) FBX O HOU Josh Reddick Luis Severino -7% 73% Flyball: CF -0.0
b5 1-0 2 123 1,(0-0) X RR HOU Jose Altuve Luis Severino 16% 89% Single to LF (Line Drive); Gattis Scores; McCann Scores; Springer to 3B 1.0833
b5 3-0 2 1-3 4,(2-1) .BBF>X O HOU Carlos Correa Chad Green -2% 87% Popfly: 2B -0.0
  3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 3.
Top of the 6th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-3, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 9-1-2
t6 0-3 0 — 2,(0-1) CX NYY Chase Headley Justin Verlander -4% 83% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t6 0-3 0 1– 2,(1-0) B1X O NYY Brett Gardner Justin Verlander 4% 86% Popfly: SS 0.0
t6 0-3 1 1– 5,(1-2) F1FBFS O NYY Aaron Judge Justin Verlander 3% 89% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 0-3 2 1– 1,(0-0) 1X NYY Didi Gregorius Justin Verlander -2% 87% Single to RF (Line Drive); Headley to 2B 0.0
t6 0-3 2 12- 4,(3-0) BBBX O NYY Gary Sanchez Justin Verlander 4% 91% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Yankees’ Chad Green facing 5-6-7
b6 3-0 0 — 5,(2-2) FSBBX O HOU Yuli Gurriel Chad Green -1% 91% Flyball: CF 0.0
b6 3-0 1 — 3,(1-1) BFX O HOU Alex Bregman Chad Green -1% 90% Flyball: LF 0.0
b6 3-0 2 — 5,(3-1) BBFBB HOU Marwin Gonzalez Chad Green 0% 91% Walk 0.0
b6 3-0 2 1– 6,(3-2) BBCFB>S O HOU Evan Gattis Chad Green -1% 90% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 3.
Top of the 7th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-3, Astros’ Justin Verlander facing 5-6-7
t7 0-3 0 — 6,(3-2) CBBFBB NYY Greg Bird Justin Verlander -4% 86% Walk 0.0
t7 0-3 0 1– 2,(0-1) CH NYY Starlin Castro Justin Verlander -7% 78% Hit By Pitch; Bird to 2B 0.0
t7 0-3 0 12- 10,(3-2) BBBCCFFFFS O NYY Aaron Hicks Justin Verlander 7% 85% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t7 0-3 1 12- 2,(0-1) FX O NYY Todd Frazier Justin Verlander 5% 90% Flyball: CF 0.0
t7 0-3 2 12- 4,(2-1) B*BCX O NYY Chase Headley Justin Verlander 4% 94% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Yankees’ Chad Green facing 9-1-2
b7 3-0 0 — 3,(0-2) CFX O HOU Brian McCann Chad Green -1% 94% Lineout: CF 0.0
b7 3-0 1 — 6,(3-2) BFBBSS O HOU George Springer Chad Green 0% 93% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b7 3-0 2 — 6,(1-2) CFFBFC O HOU Josh Reddick Chad Green 0% 93% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Astros 3.
Top of the 8th, Yankees Batting, Behind 0-3, Astros’ Brad Peacock facing 1-2-3
t8 0-3 0 — 4,(2-1) .BBCX O NYY Brett Gardner Brad Peacock 2% 95% Foul Flyball: LF (LF into Foul Terr.) 0.0
t8 0-3 1 — 1,(0-0) X R NYY Aaron Judge Brad Peacock -5% 90% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
t8 1-3 1 — 5,(3-1) BBBCX O NYY Didi Gregorius Brad Peacock 2% 93% Flyball: LF 0.0
t8 1-3 2 — 6,(3-2) SCBBBC O NYY Gary Sanchez Brad Peacock 1% 94% Strikeout Looking -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Astros 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Yankees’ David Robertson facing 3-4-5
b8 3-1 0 — 5,(2-2) .BSFBX R HOU Jose Altuve David Robertson 3% 97% Home Run (Line Drive) 1.0
b8 4-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X HOU Carlos Correa David Robertson 1% 98% Double to LF (Line Drive) 0.6167
b8 4-1 0 -2- 3,(1-1) BFX HOU Yuli Gurriel David Robertson 1% 99% Single to RF (Line Drive); Correa to 3B 1.0333
b8 4-1 0 1-3 3,(1-1) CBX RR HOU Alex Bregman David Robertson 1% 100% Double to CF (Line Drive); Correa Scores; Gurriel Scores; Bregman to 3B/Adv on E6 (throw) 1.1166
b8 6-1 0 –3 5,(2-2) .BBFCS O HOU Marwin Gonzalez Dellin Betances 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b8 6-1 1 –3 3,(1-1) BCX RO HOU Evan Gattis Dellin Betances 0% 100% Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Bregman Scores 0.1167
b8 7-1 2 — 4,(2-1) BBSX HOU Brian McCann Dellin Betances 0% 100% Single to 2B (Ground Ball) 0.1167
b8 7-1 2 1– 3,(1-1) FBX O HOU George Springer Dellin Betances 0% 100% Groundout: SS-1B -0.0
  4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Astros 7.
Top of the 9th, Yankees Batting, Behind 1-7, Astros’ Ken Giles facing 5-6-7
t9 1-7 0 — 5,(2-2) .BBCFX O NYY Greg Bird Ken Giles 0% 100% Flyball: RF 0.0
t9 1-7 1 — 4,(2-1) BSBX NYY Starlin Castro Ken Giles 0% 100% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t9 1-7 1 1– 7,(3-2) CFF*B*BBB NYY Aaron Hicks Ken Giles 0% 100% Walk; Castro to 2B 0.0
t9 1-7 1 12- 4,(2-1) BFBX O NYY Todd Frazier Ken Giles 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
t9 1-7 2 12- 3,(0-2) CSS O NYY Chase Headley Ken Giles 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Astros 7.