For the first time since the first inning, the Yankees went down in order in the fifth, as Jose Urquidy, the rookie right-hander, finally stabilized things for the Astros. Gleyber Torres bounced out to Alex Bregman at third and then Aaron Hicks and Edwin Encarnacion struck out, the latter for the second time in the game and the 10th time in the series.
Funny thing about Urquidy: Right handers hit .300 off him this year in the regular season, and lefties only .179. A big reason for that is his changeup, which falls away from lefties. Two of the next four Yankee batters are lefties (Didi Gregorius and Brett Gardner).