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The win is all that matters in sports. If your team goes up 6-0, blows the entire lead, but is still victorious, barring some terrible injury, the victory is all you remember/care about. The Yankees built a 6-0 cushion through an inning and a half on Saturday, thanks to no-doubt home runs by Brian McCann (grand slam in the first) and Chris Young (two-run shot in the second) before the Astros came back.
It was 6-6 after Carlos Correa and Jose Altuve homered off an ineffective Masahiro Tanaka (5 IP, career-high 6 ER, 3 HR) in the fifth, but after being held scoreless for five innings, Mark Teixeira ripped a two-run double in the eighth and Chase Headley hit a ninth-inning solo home run that landed in nearby Galveston and New York escaped with a 9-6 win.
The Yankees got a huge break in that eighth when Young grounded to third and Altuve, making the pivot at second for a double play, looked to have gotten the force at second by touching the bag with his right foot before dropping the ball on the exchange, but umpire Joe West called Brett Gardner safe. After a Houston challenge was unsuccessful, two were on and with one out, Teixeira ran the count full before doubling off Pat Neshek to what I guess is the left-center field corner (?) for the go-ahead runs.
This is definitely the smallest I've ever seen Joe West (top right)
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