Aaron Hicks

New York Yankees AARON HICKS celebrates hitting a three-run home run in the first inning off of Houston Astros’ starting pitcher, Justin Verlander, giving the Yankees a 4-1 lead at the end of the first inning. The Yankees went on to win game 5 of the ALCS 4-1 and now travel to Houston trailing 3-2 games.

Take a look at our 6 selected images from last night’s game 5 of the ALCS, won by the Yankees 4-1.

All of the action occurred in the first inning when the Astros scored 1 run on a pass ball and wild pitch and the Yankees scored 4 runs on two home runs, one of which was a 3run shot by Aaron Hicks.

James Paxton pitched  a great game.