NEW YORK – Another day, another struggling Yankee starter, another anticipated advantage of the Boston Red Sox, another slow market trigger.

Tuesday night's match 4 remained much more competitive than Boston's dazzling win in Game 3, but the Red Sox never gave up the place they had set with a three-run tie against CC Sabathia leading the way. third third. They then won by a final score of 4-3, bringing the series to qualify for the ALCS and ending the season of their rival Yankees.

After Sabathia worked sometimes in the first two rounds, he beat Andrew Benintendi to take the lead in the third. Steve Pearce followed with a single, pushing Benintendi into third place. A volley of sacrifices by J.D. Martinez placed the first round of the Sox. A double from Ian Kinsler and a single from Eduardo Nunez brought home two more goals. Yankees manager Aaron Boone withdrew Sabathia and went to his paddock after the third, but the damage was already done.

Red Sox star Rick Porcello has allowed several hard-hit balls, but few have found holes in Boston's defense. The right-hander – seen for the last time in relief in the first game of the series – has retired only one batter, but has scored no goal and kept the big Yankees in the park . New York has only managed one race in five innings against Porcello.

Ace of the Red Sox, Chris Sale, came out of the arena in eighth position and closed the three batters he faced on 13 shots.

The Yankees scored two points in the ninth against Craig Kimbrel, a frighteningly savage man, but their bid back was futile when a fly ball of Gary Sanchez, charged with bases, died on the alert trail and that Gleyber Torres has failed.

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As in every game of this series, the club that scored first was never dragged. The biggest success of the decisive rally on Tuesday came from Kinsler, who scored twice on the glove of Brett Gardner, the very advanced left-field player, to take home the second round of Sox and get in position to score. on the single of Eduardo Nunez.

Man of the moment

After revealing the soft belly of his pen in the first game, Red Sox manager Alex Cora masterfully traded his club through the series and easily mastered his counterpart and teammate, Boone. In Tuesday's match, Cora appeared to spot the red flags in the fragile fifth round of Porcello and shot the striker with just 65 shots on the board and a strong straight line at night. Cora also maintained her formula by starting Kinsler on second base against Sabathia, southpaw – rather than rewarding Monday night's hero Brock Holt with another start – and Kinsler provided the biggest success of the match.

State of the Yankees

The 100 Yank victory season ended in defeat, but their future is as bright as it has been since their dynasty in the late '90s. Although Sabathia, star of Game 4, and David Robertson, a valuable preparer, be released after the season, the vast majority of their major contributors will return for 2019 and most will remain under the control of the team at the beginning of the next decade. And as they have managed to stay below the luxury tax threshold in 2018, they will avoid severe penalties if they are active in a free agent market including Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. While the club is unlikely to be followed by an extravagant field team, the 25-year-old slugger has become a fan of the Yankees and, at some point this summer, started to take the lead at first base. – where New York has needs. Managing director Brian Cashman will likely be on the club's starting rotation at the end of the season, either trading from the organizational depth of the club or looking for independent agents like Patrick Corbin, Dallas Keuchel or Charlie Morton.

State of the Red Sox

With this victory, the Red Sox join the ALCS to face the Houston Astros in a clash between clubs with the two best records of the MLB regular season. The Sox's 108-win season guarantees them the advantage on their court for the first time in the playoffs. They will welcome the Astros in the first match of the ALCS Saturday at Fenway Park. Chris Sale, who was scheduled to play in the fifth game of the ALDS if it became necessary, will likely face Justin Verlander in the first game of the series. This shift will inevitably make comparisons with the recent finals of the NBA Western Conference, during which the league's strongest teams will face each other in the penultimate round of the playoffs.

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