HOUSTON — Giancarlo Stanton made his impact felt on the ALDS mostly through seeing a lot of pitches.
That changed quickly in Game 1 of the ALCS, as Stanton went deep with two outs in the top of the sixth in the Yankees’ 7-0 win over the Astros on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
Stanton started his night with a 107 mph infield single to short off Zack Greinke in the second, and after flying out to center in the fourth, came up against the Houston right-hander again in the sixth.
With two out, and two batters after Gleyber Torres had given the Yankees a 2-0 lead with a solo homer, Stanton belted a long blast to right-center to make it 3-0.