Even the hint of a rally ignited a sellout crowd in The Bronx. So when DJ LeMahieu singled with one out in the fifth inning, the Yankee Stadium crowd went all Times Square on New Year’s.
The Yankees trailed 3-1 — which was also going to be their deficit in this ALCS if they did not come back — and so the faithful bellowed when Aaron Judge came up, perhaps unaware he was hitless in eight at-bats against Zack Greinke with five strikeouts, probably not caring even if they did know, because nothing quite stirs this fan base like Judge in a big spot.