Yanks, Astros announce ALCS G2 lineups
The lineups are out for Game 2 of the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World, with the Astros and Yankees ready to continue the series after Friday's tense opener.
The Astros will go with the same lineup against Luis Severino on Saturday that led to their 2-1 win over Masahiro Tanaka and New York in Game 1. George Springer, Josh Reddick and Jose Altuve make up a dynamic top three, followed by Carlos Correa, Marwin Gonzalez and Yuli Gurriel in the middle.
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The bottom three of Houston's order hasn't had much success against Severino, but as a whole, the Astros have. Their starting lineup hits a combined .385 against the Yanks righty, with Reddick and Correa sporting multiple extra-base hits against him.
The Yankees shuffled a few things around with right-hander Justin Verlander set to take the hill against them, notably subbing the switch-hitting Chase Headley for Matthew Holliday in the DH spot.
Holliday earned his first start of the postseason Friday night against lefty Dallas Keuchel, but went 0-for-3. He heads back to the bench against the right-hander in place of Headley, who is hitless in 12 at-bats this postseason.
Elsewhere in the Yanks' lineup, Didi Gregorius and Gary Sanchez flip spots in the heart of the order, Greg Bird moves up after hitting his third homer of the postseason in Game 1, and Aaron Hicks starts once again over Jacoby Ellsbury in center field.
This will be Verlander's first start against the Yankees since 2016, when he was a member of the Detroit Tigers.
YANKEES
- Brett Gardner, LF
- Aaron Judge, RF
- Didi Gregorius, SS
- Gary Sanchez, C
- Greg Bird, 1B
- Starlin Castro, 2B
- Aaron Hicks, CF
- Todd Frazier, 3B
- Chase Headley, DH
Luis Severino, P
ASTROS - George Springer, CF
- Josh Reddick, RF
- Jose Altuve, 2B
- Carlos Correa, SS
- Marwin Gonzalez, LF
- Yuli Gurriel, 1B
- Carlos Beltran, DH
- Alex Bregman, 3B
- Brian McCann, C
Justin Verlander, P