Yankees Secure 2-1 Series Lead with Victory in Kansas City

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00:00Pinstripes were a road favorite in Kansas City, and I guess you could say the Yankees won more so

00:09Giancarlo Stanton gives the Yankees a 2-1 series advantage in the American League division set.

00:15The Pinstripes DRS recorded four base knocks as a team. Stanton had three, including the decisive

00:23in-game winning solo home run in the top of the eighth. The Yankees take that 2-1 series advantage

00:29with a 3-2 win in Kansas City. They're supposed to be Kansas City. This is supposed to be a walk

00:34in the park for the Yankees. Like, you know, you owe me being an Eagles fan a couple years back,

00:38making that Super Bowl run. You have the bye week, then you come and play a bad Giants football team

00:42and erase them, and then you play in the NFC Championship game, and Brock Purdy gets injured

00:46in the first half of that game, and you cruise to a Super Bowl, which you end up losing here.

00:49That's what I feel like the Yankees are. You couldn't have asked them for a better scenario

00:52to play the Kansas City Royals, and then possibly the Guardians and or the Detroit Tigers. This

00:57should be easy, and it hasn't been for them, and this is what playoff baseball is all about.

01:01You need guys to step up in the biggest spots. You would figure, like, okay, the Yankees aren't

01:05gonna win this series if Judge has been terrible. Judge has been absolutely flat-out terrible,

01:09and here they are with a chance to close out the series with their ace on the mound tonight.

01:13Sooner than later, you hope Judge wakes up, and when he does, you're still hoping that you're

01:17getting good performances out of Juan Soto in that lineup and Giancarlo Stanton that can sort

01:21of buoy you and say, all right, until we get everybody in line, we can beat these teams that

01:26are clearly just not as talented. That's a good win for the Yankees and good for Giancarlo Stanton

01:30because one of those guys that's usually much maligned, like, well, what did you expect out

01:33of Stanton in a big spot? Of course he's gonna strike out. Of course he's gonna hit into a

01:36double play. He came through big time yesterday because Aaron Judge couldn't come through big time.