The Houston Astros play Game 3 of their' best of seven American League Championship Series on the road Saturday against the New York Yankees. Houston leads the series 2-0 following its 3-2 victory over the Yankees in Game 2 on Thursday. Houston has held New York to two runs in each of the first two games of the series and the Astros have won seven straight overall dating back to the end of the regular season.
During the postseason,' Chas McCormick is batting .400 to lead Houston and has a team high .500 on base percentage. Yuli Gurriel is the leader in home runs with two along with three others, while the leader in RBIs is Yordan Alvarez with seven and Alex Bregman has six. Houston has not announced its starting pitcher for Saturday's Game 3 on the road versus New York.
New York is in a must-win situation on Saturday when hosting Houston as the Yankees could not fall behind 3-0 or they will be on the brink of elimination. New York is struggling at the plate as the Yankees managed only four hits against the Astros in Game 2. Anthony Rizzo and Gleyber Torres each had one RBI for New York in the loss. New York is batting only .169 as a team in the postseason.
Anthony Rizzo is batting .316 to lead New York and has team highs in hits with six and on-base percentage .480. Harrison Bader is the leader in home runs' with four and Giancarlo Stanton and Rizzo are the leaders in RBIs with six apiece. On Saturday, the New York Yankees will send Gerrit Cole to the mound. In two postseason appearances, Cole has allowed three runs on 10 hits across 13 ? innings and the Yankees have won both.
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- Houston is 5-0 in its last 5 playoff games
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