Pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel ties the score with a two-out home run in the ninth inning and Fry hits the walk-off shot, rallying Cleveland to a 7-5 win that cuts the series deficit to 2-1. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton both homered off of Emmanuel Clase to give the Yankees the lead in the eighth.
Pinch-hitter Jhonkensy Noel tied the score with a two-out home run in the ninth inning and David Fry hit a two-run homer in the 10th, rallying the Cleveland Guardians over the New York Yankees, 7-5, on Thursday night and cutting their deficit to 2-1 in the American League Championship Series.
Cleveland led 3-1 in the eighth before Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer off All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase and Giancarlo Stanton followed with a solo drive.
With the Guardians trailing 5-3 and one out from falling into a 3-0 series deficit, Lane Thomas doubled against Luke Weaver in the ninth before Noel tied it with his towering homer.
Bo Naylor singled leading off the 10th against Clay Holmes and Brayan Rocchio sacrificed. Naylor took third on a comebacker before Fry, who hit an AL Division Series-saving homer against Detroit, sent a 1-and-2 sinker into the left-field bleachers.
Fry was mobbed by his teammates, and the fans at Progressive Field erupted in cheers.
Cleveland can tie the series with a win on Friday.
Fry’s swing ended an instant October classic.
The Guardians, who have defied odds all season, were moments away from a heartbreaking loss after leading by two runs going into the eighth. Noel, who debuted in June, gave them new life by crushing a 1-and-0 pitch from Luke Weaver over the wall in left field to tie it 5-5.
