FT Leadoff

Gerrit Cole (7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER) rebounded from a rocky start in Game 1 to help send the Yankees to the ALCS with a 3-1 win on Thursday night.

Giancarlo Stanton (6-16, 4 RBI, 1 HR) propelled New York offensively in the series, while the bullpen surrendered ZERO earned runs across four games. They’ll play the winner of Detroit-Cleveland in the ALCS on Monday.

Watch - For more on the Yankees series-clinching win, check out Thursday’s postgame show.

Hollywood couldn’t have written a better script for the Dodgers and Padres, who face off in a winner-take-all game tonight with a trip to the NLCS on the line.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects Freddie Freeman to be in the lineup against Yu Darvish, who Padres manager Mike Schildt has announced as his Game 5 starter. Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the nod for Los Angeles.

Watch - Matthew Moreno joins Alanna Rizzo and Clint Pasillas on Dodgers Territory to preview Game 5.

The Tigers looked to have Game 4 on lock, but David Fry had other ideas.

Fry’s pinch-hit two-run shot in the seventh inning put the Guardians ahead 4-3 and paved the way for Emmanuel Clase’s five-out save to force a Game 5 on Saturday in Cleveland.

Tarik Skubal is expected to start for Detroit. Cleveland has yet to announce a starter.

Francisco Lindor’s grand slam was all the offense the Mets needed on Wednesday, as they punched their ticket to the NLCS with a 4-1 win over the Phillies.

Every team that’s beaten the Brewers in the playoffs has gone on to appear in the World Series the same year. New York will have to defeat the winner of Padres-Dodgers in the NLCS to keep the streak going.

Watch - For more reaction to the Amazin’s Game 4 win, check out our friends over at Mets’d Up.

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