NEW YORK—In recent years, it’s almost become an October ritual: Astros top Yankees. Astros take pennant.
Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman delivered big hits and Houston advanced to the World Series again, finishing a four-game sweep in the AL Championship Series with a 6–5 victory Sunday night aided by another defensive gaffe from New York.
Taking advantage of a costly error by second baseman Gleyber Torres to produce the go-ahead rally in the seventh inning, the Astros won their second consecutive pennant and fourth in six years.
New York Yankees Gleyber Torres tosses his bat after striking out against the Houston Astros to end the seventh inning of Game 4 of an American League Championship baseball series in New York on Oct. 23, 2022. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña hit a three-run homer off ailing Yankees starter Nestor Cortes to help the AL West champions overcome an early 3–0 deficit. Peña was picked as the ALCS MVP….