NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton can’t do it alone. The slugger hammered a home run in the first inning off Cleveland ace Shane Bieber on Friday and then the Yankees’ offense shut down. The Guardians’ pitching frustrated the Bombers, leading to a 4-2, 10-inning win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
The best-of-five game series is now tied at one game and moves to Cleveland and after Thursday’s postponement and will play out over the next four days if necessary.
The Yankees went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position on Friday and Aaron Judge, who set an AL and franchise record with 62 home runs this season, went 0 for 5 with four strikeouts. It was his first four-strikeout game of 2022. Judge, who played 55 of the Yankees’ last 56 games, is 0 for 8 with seven strikeouts in the first two games of this series.
