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(MLB) NY Yankees vs. Cleveland,
Money Line: -114.00 NY Yankees (Away)
Result: Loss
Atlanta at Philadelphia 2:05 ET
Phillies over Braves- The Phillies will hand the ball to Noah Syndergaard (0-0, 0.00 postseason; 10-10, 3.94 ERA regular season). Syndergaard tossed one scoreless inning in relief in Game 2 in Atlanta and is 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA and 37 strikeouts in six career postseason appearances. Charlie Morton (2022 postseason debut; 9-6, 4.34 ERA regular season) is scheduled to start for the Braves. Morton is 4-0 with an 0.95 ERA in playoff elimination games. Morton gave up 18 hits and 10 runs in his final three regular-season starts. On Sept. 25 at Philadelphia, Morton allowed six hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings. Take PHILADELPHIA!

New York Yankees at Cleveland 7:35 ET
Yankees over Sockalexis’- New York is looking to avoid falling into a 2-1 deficit in the ALDS for the second straight time. The Yankees lost Game 3 against Tampa Bay two years ago andlost the series in five. Their only ALDS victories when losing two of the first three games were in 2001 against Oakland and 2017 against Cleveland. Triston McKenzie (0-0, 0.00 ERA postseason; 11-11, 2.96 regular season) will start for Cleveland after allowing two hits in six scoreless innings last Saturday in the wild-card clincher against Tampa Bay. McKenzie is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in two career regular-season starts against the Yankees. McKenzie also faced them as a reliever in Game 2 of the 2020 wild-card series and allowed two runs in 1 2/3 innings. New York's Luis Severino (2022 postseason debut; 7-3, 3.18 regular season) will make his 10th career postseason appearance and his first start since Game 3 of the 2019 ALCS at home against Houston, when he allowed two runs in 4 1/3 innings. Severino is 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA in three career ALDS starts. He earned the win against Cleveland in Game of the 2017 ALDS, when he allowed three runs in seven innings of a 7-3 win. Take NEW YORK!