Phillies And Astros Can Both Advance To World Series Today

UPDATE!

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The Padres took a 3-2 lead in the seventh thanks to a couple of hits and three wild pitches from  Seranthony Dominguez (the first reliever ever to do so in a postseason inning). The Phillies rallied in the eighth on J.T. Realmuto's leadoff single followed by NLCS MVP Bryce Harper's opposite-field home run. The Phillies won the series in five games and are the 2022 National League champions.

The 2022 Yankees are hoping for inspiration by watching the 2004 Yankees choke worse than any baseball team has ever choked before? . . . lol . . . 2004 is the gift that never stops giving!

Aaron Boone said that Chad Bohling, the #Yankees’ mental skills coach, was sending around highlight videos of the 2004 Red Sox this morning. Eduardo Perez also FaceTimed David Ortiz into Boone’s office pregame.

— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) October 23, 2022

The Phillies and Astros have a chance to win their respective pennants today.

Philadelphia leads the Padres 3-1 (Game 5 is at 2:30 ET) and Houston leads the Yankees 3-0 (Game 4 is at 7:00 ET). Yankee Haters around the world are tingling in anticipation of YED.

Speaking of the soon-to-be-wintering Yankees, they have been held to six hits or fewer in each of their last 10 postseason games. That is (easily) a major league record.

Consecutive Postseason Games With Six Hits Or Fewer

10 - Yankees (October 9, 2020 to October 22, 2022)
 7 - Twins (October 9, 1965 to October 5, 1969)
 6 - Cardinals (October 20-27, 1985)
 5 - 10 teams tied (none of them are the Red Sox, by the way)

The Yankees are 3-7 in those games, with a batting average of .159 (49-for-309).

In this ALCS, New York's noodle bats are 12-for-94 (.128/.212/.223) with 41 strikeouts.

Also:

An ultra-high definition photograph of Aaron Judge's fly out in Game 2 indicates that the Yankees may have been correct when they were whining about "the wind" keeping the ball from being a home run: