HOUSTON – Matt Holliday will make his first appearance of the postseason as the designated hitter in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Astros on Friday night.
Holliday was in manager Joe Girardi’s lineup and batting eighth against lefthander Dallas Keuchel. Yankees DHs (Chase Headley and Jacoby Ellsbury) are a combined 0-for-20 with eight strikeouts in the postseason.
Holliday hit .231 with 19 home runs and 64 RBIs in the regular season, but he struggled badly in the second half.
The complete Yankees lineup:
Brett Gardner, LF
Aaron Judge, RF
Gary Sanchez, C
Didi Gregorius, SS
Starlin Castro, 2B
Aaron Hicks, CF
Greg Bird, 1B
Matt Holliday, DHTodd Frazier, 3B
Masahiro Tanaka, P
The Yankees will use the same roster as they did in the ALDS. They are carrying 12 pitchers and 13 position players.
First pitch for Game 1 is set for 8:08 p.m. Eastern.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/13/2017 06:42PM by Giambino.
