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MLB PLAYOFFS Saturday, October 6, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3B Sale strong, ’pen shaky as Red Sox beat Yankees By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON — Chris Sale struck out eight for his first postseason win, J.D. Mar- tinez hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox sweated out their shaky bullpen to hold off the New York Yankees 5-4 on Friday night in Game 1 of the AL Division Series. One year after he was pounded by Houston in his playoff debut, Sale took a four-hit shutout into the sixth inning. The Yankees loaded the bases in the sixth and seventh, cutting the deficit to 5-3. Aaron Judge homered off Craig Kimbrel leading off the ninth before the Red Sox closer retired the next three batters, strik- ing out Giancarlo Stanton and Luke Voit for the save. Game 2 in the best-of- five series is Saturday night, with Boston starting another pitcher trying to overcome a history of postseason strug- gles: left-hander David Price is 0-8 as a starter in the playoffs. He’ll face Yankees righty Masahiro Tanaka. ALDS Red Sox Yankees 5 4 In the first playoff matchup between the long- time rivals since 2004, the 108-win Red Sox took a 5-0 lead against Yankees starter J.A. Happ, and then white-knuckled it after Sale left with two on and one out in the sixth. New York, which won 100 regular-season games plus the AL wild-card game against Oakland, got three singles and two walks in the sixth, scoring two before Brandon Workman — the only player on the Red Sox roster with a World Series ring — struck out Gleyber Torres to end the threat. The Yankees loaded the bases with nobody out in the seventh, but scored just one run. Boston manager Alex Cora used scheduled Game AP Photo/Elise Amendola Fans cheers as Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale leaves the baseball game against the New York Yankees during the sixth inning of Game 1 of an American League Division Series on Friday in Boston. 3 starter Rick Porcello to get two outs in the eighth before turning to Kimbrel for a four-out save. It was the first ALDS matchup between the teams and the first in the post- season since the Red Sox staged an unprecedented rally from a 3-0 deficit in the 2004 AL Champion- ship Series to advance, and then won the World Series to end their 86-year dynasty of disappointment. (They also met in the ALCS the year before, and it ended with current Yankees man- ager Aaron Boone’s 11th-in- ning homer in Game 7, bet- ter known in Boston as the game when manager Grady Little inexplicably left a tir- ing Pedro Martinez on the mound.) “This is what I envi- sioned,” said J.D. Martinez, who signed with the Red Sox as a free agent last off- season. “I think this is what MLB and baseball wanted to see, what baseball fans all over the world wanted to see.” Boston fans were ready, with derisive chants for the Yankees during introduc- tions and again after Marti- nez smacked a 2-0 fastball into the glove of a stem cell researcher in the front row of the seats above the Green Monster. The Red Sox made it 5-0 in the third when Mookie Betts doubled off the left- field wall and Andrew Ben- intendi chased Happ with a bunt single that moved the runner to third. Steve Pearce singled in one run and another scored on Xan- der Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly. Sale left with a 5-0 lead after giving up singles to Judge and Stanton in the sixth; both came around to score. In all, Sale was charged with two runs on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings — the longest playoff outing for a Red Sox starter since 2013. Four home runs support Brewers blank Rockies, Verlander in Game 1 win take 2-0 lead in NLDS By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — It’s Octo- ber and George Springer, Jose Altuve and Alex Breg- man are all hitting home runs once again, helping the Houston Astros to a postsea- son win. A year after launching a World Series-record 15 homers in winning their first championship, the Astros picked up right where they left off, hitting four home runs to power past the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Fri- day in Game 1 of the AL Division Series. Martin Maldonado also connected for the Astros, who didn’t waste any time displaying the same power that carried them to last year’s title. Much was made about the pitching prowess these teams possess in the days leading up to this game. But it was a bunch of longballs to put the Astros ahead in this best-of-five series. “As much as I’ve heard different opinions about our offense, it’s pretty long, it’s pretty good, it’s pretty potent,” manager AJ Hinch said. “Case in point today.” Houston’s pop backed up a solid start by Justin Ver- lander, who bested Corey Kluber in a matchup of Cy Young Award-winning aces in the first postseason meet- ing between these teams. Verlander took a no-hit- ter into the sixth inning and MILWAUKEE — It turns out there is way more to the Milwaukee Brewers than just Christian Yelich. The rest of this Brew Crew can play, too. Especially those guys in that loaded bullpen. Jhoulys Chacin pitched five sparkling innings before turning over things to the relievers, Mike Mous- takas contributed two NLDS more big hits and the Brewers blanked the Colorado Rockies 4-0 Friday to take a 2-0 lead in their NL Divi- sion Series. Brewers While the sweet-swinging Yelich 4 had a quiet day by his lofty standards, the NL Central champions showed off their sup- porting cast on the way to their 10th straight Rockies win going back to an impressive finish to the 0 regular season. Erik Kratz had two hits and two RBIs, Hernan Perez hit two ground-rule doubles and Milwaukee’s bullpen closed the door after Chacin deliv- ered in his playoff debut. Game 3 is Sunday at Coors Field. Another win, and Milwaukee is into the NL Championship Series for the first time since its previous postseason appearance in 2011. Nolan Arenado had two of Colorado’s six hits — just two more than the fran- chise playoff low set in Thursday’s 3-2, 10-inning loss in Game 1. The wild-card Rockies have scored six times in their last four games, and their potent lineup is showing signs of frustration. Chris Iannetta snapped his bat in half AP Photo/David J. Phillip Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander deliv- ers a pitch against the Cleveland Indians during the first inning in Game 1 of an American League Division Series baseball game Friday in Houston. ALDS Astros Indians 7 2 got his 12th playoff win. He allowed two hits and two runs in 5 1/3 innings — the Indians finished with only three hits, all singles. Kluber, a two-time Cy Young winner who was coming off his first 20-win season, was tagged for three home runs in 4 2/3 innings. It was a repeat performance from last October’s ALDS, when he made two starts against the Yankees and left with a 12.79 ERA. Game 2 is Saturday in Houston. Gerrit Cole starts for the Astros against Carlos Carrasco. The Astros hit 27 homers last postseason — Springer hit five in the World Series and set a record by connect- ing in four straight games on his way to winning the MVP award. Bregman, coming off a breakout year, got Houston’s first hit with his drive to the Crawford Boxes in left field to start a two-run fourth inning. “The only thing I can say about him is without him we wouldn’t be here,” Altuve said. The 103-win Astros were still up 2-0 when Springer led off the fifth with a full- count homer to left. That made him just the third player in major league his- tory to homer in five straight postseason games. “I’m happy that I was able to help us win in all of those games and be a spark- plug,” Springer said. AP Photo/Morry Gash Milwaukee Brewers’ Hernan Perez hits a double during the seventh inning of Game 2 of the National League Divi- sional Series Friday in Milwaukee. over his right leg after he struck out with a runner on third, no one out and Colorado down 1-0 in the seventh. Arenado threw down his bat and helmet after he struck out swinging in the fifth. Carlos Gonza- lez leaned over with his hands on his knees after he lined out in the eighth. 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