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It was fitting that the pivotal moment of this long-awaited showdown between the Yankees and Astros involved a bone-rattling collision, leaving two players writhing on the dirt near home plate. Air-drop this game into October and we might have been calling it an instant classic.
That full-speed crash between Rougned Odor and Houston catcher Martín Maldonado capped a bases-clearing play as part of a four-run sixth inning, helping the Yankees pull away for a 7-3 victory on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium—their first time seeing the Astros since details of their sign-stealing scandal were revealed in late 2019.