Yankees Pound Astros, as Fans Boo Former Cheaters

YANKEES 7 - ASTROS 3 

There were just under 11,000 people at Yankee Stadium Tuesday night, but it felt like a full house as fans serenaded the visiting Houston Astros with boos and chants of "cheaters" throughout the night. This was the moment Yankees fans have been waiting nearly two full years for. 

Two years since it was revealed that the Astros had been cheating by using garbage cans and wiretaps to steal signs of their opponents, fans across the sport have waited to let the "Cheat-stros" have it. Well thanks to COVID-19, fans had to wait until this season to even have a shot at it, and Yankees fans were no exception. Not after their team had been eliminated in the ALCS twice by the Astros in 2017 and 2019. 

Between the lines the Yankees let the Astros have it in a different form, pounding Houston starter Zach Grienke out of the game after four innings, highlighted by a mammoth two-run homer by Giancarlo Stanton that jump-started a delirious Yankee Stadium crowd. 

Stanton had a huge night for the Bombers, going 4-for-5 with 3 RBI, and now finds himself batting .297 on the season. 

 

D.J. LeMahieu also had a big night, notching a pair of hits, while scoring twice. His RBI infield single gave the Yankees a 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth. Ironically a throwing error by third baseman Alex Bregman allowed Gleyber Torres and Rougned Odor to score to make it 6-3. In fact Odor and catcher Martin Maldonado collided at home plate. 

The Yankees now find themselves over .500 for the first time sine April 6 at 15-14, and winners of four in a row and six of their last seven.