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| Date | October 6, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Yankee Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | The Bronx,New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Ted Barrett (crew chief),Eric Cooper,Paul Emmel,Bill Miller,Chris Conroy,Manny Gonzalez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Dan Shulman,John Kruk,Jessica Mendoza,Buster Olney, andTim Kurkjian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien andAaron Boone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2015 American League Wild Card Game was aplay-in game duringMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2015 postseason played between theAmerican League's (AL) twowild card teams, theNew York Yankees and theHouston Astros. It was held atYankee Stadium on October 6, 2015.[1]
The Astros defeated the Yankees, 3–0. It was the Astros' first playoff win since Game 6 of the2005 NLCS and their first victory in a winner-take-all postseason game since Game 5 of the2004 NLDS. With the Yankees eliminated, all four remaining teams in the2015 ALDS were expansion teams.
The Yankees clinched a wild card berth on October 1,[2] while the Astros clinched a wild card berth on October 4, the final day of the regular season.[3] The Yankees hosted the game, as they finished the regular season with a betterwin–loss record. This was the Astros' first postseason appearance as an AL team, and first overall since2005, while the Yankees appeared in the postseason for the first time since2012. As such, this was the first postseason meeting between the Astros and the Yankees.[4]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Houston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Dallas Keuchel (1–0) LP:Masahiro Tanaka (0–1) Sv:Luke Gregerson (1) Home runs: HOU:Colby Rasmus (1),Carlos Gómez (1) NYY: None Attendance: 50,113 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston'sDallas Keuchel struck out seven batters and allowed only three hits in six innings of work, at one point retiring ten batters in a row before the Yankees had their one key threat come in the 6th with two base runners before a flyout to centerfield ended the threat. The Astros' bullpen then retired nine of ten Yankee batters for the victory.[5]The Astros were paced offensively by leadoff home runs byColby Rasmus in the second inning andCarlos Gómez in the fourth, as New York starterMasahiro Tanaka struggled to find command of his pitches.[6]Tanaka lasted five innings, striking out three.[7]
Houston'sJose Altuve scoredJonathan Villar from second base in the seventh inning against Yankee relieverDellin Betances, the final run of the game.[8] Both teams had five runners left on base, but the Yankees never saw a runner touch third base.[9]