New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians ALCS Game 2 Player Stats and Box Scores for October 15

The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians continued their ALCS battle as they entered Game 2 on Tuesday. The Yanks have the advantage in this series after a stunning Game 1 victory. Aaron Boone sent their ace Gerrit Cole to the mound against the Guardians' Tanner Bibee.

Cole took to a strong start by retiring the side in the first inning. Gleyber Torres got the game moving with a base hit as he reached second base, while Juan Soto got on first base with a base hit. Judge had a high pop-up, but the Guardians had a costly error after dropping the catch, giving the Yanks a 1-0 lead.

The Yanks had runners in scoring position during the first, but Bibee did well to take out Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisholm Jr. Anthony Volpe, Anthony Rizzo and Alex Verdugo recorded base hits to give the Yanks a 2-0 lead. Bibee was forced to exit the game after a struggling start.

The Guardians intentionally walked Soto with the bases loaded for Judge at the bottom of the second inning. The caption recorded a sac fly as they took a 3-0 lead.

Cole was caught in a jam at the top of the fourth inning. The bases were loaded twice due to Chisholm's in-field mistake. However, Cole worked in way out with four scoreless innings.

The Guardians had the bases loaded again in the top of the fifth and managed to score two runs. Cole surrendered one run and was taken off the mound as Clay Holmes stepped in.

The Yanks drove in another run to extend their lead to 4-2. Judge finally put up a show in the Bronx with a two-run blast.

New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians Player Stats

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	8	2
Yankees	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	-	6	11	0

New York Yankees' Player Stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
G. Torres 2B	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	4	.292	.433	.500	.933	5.5
J. Soto RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.350	.462	.550	1.012	2.0
A. Judge CF	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	.167	.346	.389	.735	8.0
A. Wells C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	-1.0
G. Stanton DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.304	.385	.652	1.037	0.0
J. Chisholm 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.130	.167	.304	.471	0.5
A. Volpe SS	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	.278	.458	.278	.736	4.5
A. Rizzo 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	3.5
A. Verdugo LF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	.250	.348	.300	.648	3.5
Total	33	6	11	4	1	3	7	17	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
G. Cole	4.1	6	2	2	4	4	0	3.31	1.53	3.0
C. Holmes (W, 2-0)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00	0.75	8.5
T. Hill (H, 1)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.00	1.33	5.5
T. Kahnle (H, 2)	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00	0.92	2.5
L. Weaver	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.29	0.57	1.0
Total	9.0	8	3	3	6	7	1	-	-	-

Cleveland Guardians' Player Stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
S. Kwan LF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.448	.500	.483	.983	3.0
K. Manzardo DH	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1.5
J. Ramirez 3B	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	.167	.310	.458	.769	9.0
J. Naylor 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.214	.207	.250	.457	3.0
L. Thomas CF	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	.280	.357	.520	.877	3.0
W. Brennan RF	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.100	.200	.300	0.5
A. Gimenez 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	.174	.269	.217	.487	1.5
B. Naylor C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
a- D. Fry PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.286	.450	.736	0.0
A. Hedges C	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
B. Rocchio SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	.435	.480	.652	1.132	1.0
Total	34	3	8	3	1	6	7	22	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Bibee (L, 0-1)	1.1	5	3	2	1	2	0	3.60	1.70	-8.0
C. Smith	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.13	0.38	6.0
T. Herrin	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	1.60	2.5
E. Morgan	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	1.13	3.0
E. Sabrowski	0.2	2	1	0	1	0	0	2.45	1.64	-1.0
P. Avila	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1.0
H. Gaddis	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	5.79	2.14	-2.0
B. Lively	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00	1.50	3.0
Total	8.0	11	6	4	3	7	1	-	-	-

Aaron Judge and Jose Ramirez hit home runs tonight

Judge finally broke out of his slump with a stunning two-run blast deep to center field against Hunter Gaddis in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Yankees took a 6-2 lead.

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Jose Ramirez went deep against Luke Weaver with a solo shot to cut the lead in half. However, it was not enough to outscore the Yanks.

The Bronx Bombers recorded a 6-3 victory and are just two wins away from making it to the World Series. Clarke Schmidt will get the ball in Game 3 at Progressive Field.

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