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       ARTICLE VIEW: 
       
       New York Yankees take 2-0 ALCS lead as Aaron Judge hits his first HR of
       the postseason
       
       By Kevin Dotson, CNN
       
       Updated: 
       
       10:04 AM EDT, Wed October 16, 2024
       
       Source: CNN
       
       The continued to look like the American League’s best team with a 6-3
       Game 2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians to take a 2-0 lead in the
       (ALCS).
       
       For a team that already looked well-positioned to coast into an
       MLB-record 41st World Series, the Yankees got another positive sign as
       regular season home run leader and AL MVP frontrunner belted his first
       long ball of the 2024 postseason late in Tuesday’s win.
       
       The Bronx Bombers had to like their chances of moving closer to their
       28th MLB crown entering Tuesday night’s contest with big-game pitcher
       Gerrit Cole in line to start. The Yankees offense gave Cole an early
       cushion with a run in the first inning and two more in the second to
       take a quick 3-0 lead.
       
       Cole was effective early, but as his pitch count mounted, Yankees
       manager Aaron Boone turned to the bullpen when his ace got into trouble
       in the fifth inning. The 34-year-old right hander exited the game after
       allowing two runs in just 4.1 innings pitched as the Guardians cut New
       York’s lead to one.
       
       The Yankees, however, added an insurance run in the sixth and then
       Judge put the game out of reach with a two-run homer in the seventh
       inning. The 6-foot-7-inch star hammered a high heater from Guardians
       reliever Hunter Gaddis 414 feet to straightaway center field,
       stretching the scoreline to 6-2 and putting the game away despite an
       extra run by Cleveland in the top of the ninth.
       
       After the game, Judge told reporters he wasn’t initially sure the
       ball was going to clear the wall on his home run.
       
       “I was excited it went out,” Judge told reporters. “You never
       know on these windy, chilly nights what that ball’s gonna do when you
       hit it to center here. But the ghosts were pulling out to Monument
       Park, that’s for sure.”
       
       The Guardians were also hampered on the night by lackluster defense –
       two costly Cleveland errors led to a pair of unearned runs for the
       Yankees on the night – and a raucous Bronx crowd.
       
       Judge gave credit to the Yankees faithful for energizing the team.
       
       “The energy from the fans, yeah, they were loud in the beginning,”
       Judge said. “Kind of hit a lull there for a little bit, but then
       anytime we score runs, this place explodes.
       
       “It’s something special, there’s nothing like it in baseball.”
       
       The Guardians will hope to change the momentum and give their fans
       something to cheer about as the ALCS shifts to Cleveland for Game 3 on
       Thursday night.
       
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