The New York Yankees will take on the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the ALCS tonight with a trip to the World Series on the line. New York had a three-game win streak snapped in Game 6 on Friday night, but this group will take care of business tonight. Here are three reasons why they're guaranteed to win:
1) CC Sabathia's dominance
There is no doubt that Sabathia is the guy the Yankees want on the mound in this one. He beat the Orioles in Game 5 of the NLDS, beat Cleveland in Game 5 of the ALDS this year, and was on the mound when the Yankees won the World Series in 2009. On top of that, he is 10-0 with a 1.69 ERA after losses this year. All of that points to a win for New York.
2) Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez are out of their slumps
New York's big-name sluggers were both going through massive slumps this postseason, but both have turned it around of late. Judge has at least one RBI in each of his last four games, while Sanchez has four of his 10 hits and five of his eight RBIs this postseason in the last three games. The Yankees need to get production from both of these guys, and both are finally playing well.
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3) Charlie Morton's lack of success this postseason
While New York feels confident in their Game 7 starter, Houston should not. In his two starts this postseason, Morton has given up 13 hits and nine earned runs in just eight total innings of work - that's a 10.13 ERA. The Yankees also tagged him in Game 3, grabbing seven runs off of him before Houston was forced to replace him with two outs in the fourth inning. Morton hasn't shown that he can be trusted in this spot and New York knows they can hit him.
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