Yankees power past Guardians to win ALDS Game 5 – The Washington Post

NEW YORK — Not 45 minutes after the New York Yankees sealed a 5-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians to clinch a berth in the American League Championship Series, the plastic wrap that had been draped over the lockers and the alcohol-soaked tarps that had covered the clubhouse carpet Tuesday night were gone.The only remaining evidence of the celebration: the goggles on the drenched figure of Aaron Judge, who was still surrounded by reporters as his teammates finished their Budweisers and started packing their bags.They had sprayed themselves with alcohol, as division series champions do. They had blasted music and cracked a few beers. They had run out to the field to take a picture of themselves drenched in champagne and relief, stayed long enough for their manager to join them for another, then hurried back into the dugout as fans roared.Someone asked Judge what he thought of all those fans, standing there, cheering them on — fans whose compatriots were booing him earlier this series because Yankees do not struggle in October.“We got to get ready for the next one,” said Judge, whose second-inning homer gave him 13 in his postseason career — one more than Mr. October, Reggie…
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