ALCS Game Five Rewind: James Paxton’s playoff arrival

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The Yankees’ final win of the 2019 season was an important one, despite the fact that their season would come to an end the next night. After taking Game One in Houston, the Yankees lost three straight, including a gut-wrenching extra innings loss in Game Two and back-to-back losses in front of their home crowd at Yankees Stadium. In a win-or-go-home situation, the Yankees turned to James Paxton, the left-hander who carried them through the final weeks of the regular season.

After spending the first five seasons of his MLB career in Seattle, Paxton was getting his first taste of the postseason, and it wasn’t going particularly well. The big lefty surrendered…