“He was the driver tonight,” says Stanton, who capped the Yankees’ scoring with a 439-foot smash to left field in the seventh inning, moving past Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson with his 13 th career postseason home run.

Juan Soto ripped a solo shot in the third, his first home run this October. The Yankees capitalized on a waterfall of Guardians walks and wild pitches to score three more early runs. Cleveland made it closer late, clawing the game back to within three, but New York’s October breakout star, closer Luke Weaver, slammed the door with a five-out save.