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The Astros eked out a one-point victory over the Yankees.

Sunday night saw the fourth game in the final series between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees. It was a close one, but the Astros ultimately won 6-5. With this victory, the Astros have officially clean-swept the Yankees, securing their spot in the World Series beginning this Friday.

“It’s a long road to get here,” said Astros manager Dusty Baker. “There’s a lot that happens in the months to get here from spring training. It means that we persevered and we stayed together, and we made the necessary trades when we had to try to strengthen certain parts of our team.”

“The thing about this team is that they don’t panic,” Baker added, referring to the early lead the Yankees took in Sunday’s game. “They never panic. They try to find a way. It was early in the game and you would rather have that happen to you early in the game because you got time to come back and rebound.”

“I don’t say this lightly, but this team, I can feel it, man,” said Astros starter Lance McCullers. “We want it. Like, we really, really want it. Deep down, we want this.”

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“It’s just infectious,” said Astros designated hitter Trey Mancini, recently traded from the Baltimore Orioles. “You just want to better yourself every day. These guys prepare better than anybody I’ve ever seen.”

As for their opponents, the Astros are cognizant of the Phillies’ strength, but won’t go down easy. “The Phillies, they can hit,” Baker said. “They got a couple top of the rotation type pitchers. They got their bullpen together. They play good defense. As you saw, they don’t quit. … You get this far, they got the same belief over there that we have over here.”