Giancarlo Stanton has established himself as one of many New York Yankees’ greatest postseason hitters in trendy historical past. With a game-winning house run against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday evening, Stanton helped elevate the Yankees to a 2-1 collection lead in American League Division Sequence.
Stanton additionally lifted himself into an unique postseason hitting class with the franchise’s most iconic participant. Stanton’s solo house run within the eighth inning that gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead marked his twelfth profession postseason homer, in simply 108 at-bats. That gave Stanton a profession postseason at-bat per house run ratio of 9.4. It’s the second-best in MLB historical past, just under Yankees legend Babe Ruth who has the very best ratio at 8.6. Stanton and Ruth are the one two gamers with a ratio decrease than 10.
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New York Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (27) hits a single within the sixth inning towards the Kansas Metropolis Royals throughout recreation three of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Kauffman Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff -Imagn Photos)
“It is the most important moments, you bought to be prepared for it, you bought to need it,” Stanton mentioned after the sport about how he has hit so effectively within the playoffs. “You are not at all times going to achieve success, however you’ll be able to’t be shocked within the huge moments.”
Nevertheless, all of Ruth’s postseason homers occurred within the World Sequence, because it was the one postseason collection when he performed within the Twenties and 30s. All of Stanton’s postseason house runs have are available in earlier rounds, because the Yankees have not reached the World Sequence but with him on the crew.
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Giancarlo Stanton #27 of the New York Yankees seems on throughout Recreation 1 of the ALCS between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, October 9, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Logan Riely/MLB Photographs by way of Getty Photos)
Stanton finished the sport with three hits, two RBI a run scored and even a uncommon stolen base. When Stanton stole second base within the sixth inning, it marked his first stolen base of the season and his first since August of 2020.
“He wasn’t holding me on, and he was sluggish to the plate,” Stanton mentioned of how he stole the bottom off of Royals pitcher John Schreiber.
In the meantime, fellow Yankees star slugger and captain Aaron Decide completed the sport 0-for-4 with a strikeout to convey his 2024 postseason batting common all the way down to .091. Decide now owns the worst strikeout price in MLB postseason historical past with 34.3%.
Now, with a 2-1 collection lead, the Yankees are only one win away from eliminating Kansas Metropolis and advancing to the American League Championship Sequence.
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New York’s ace pitcher Gerrit Cole is about to take the mound in Recreation 4 on Thursday because the Yankees will look to shut out the collection with out having to return house to play Recreation 5.
If the Yankees do find yourself profitable on Thursday, they may have home-field benefit within the championship collection for the primary time since 2012.
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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has lined the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
