<p>Yankees win Game 3 on Giancarlo Stanton&#39;s home run, take 2-1 lead over Royals in ALDS. Newsday baseball reporter Erik Boland has the story.</p>


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Stanton's towering home run in top of the eighth inning broke a 2-2 tie and put the Yankees one win away from the AL Championship Series.

Yanks win Game 3 on Stanton's HR, take 2-1 lead in ALDS

Yankees win Game 3 on Giancarlo Stanton's home run, take 2-1 lead over Royals in ALDS

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The Royals easily could have made the same "lucky" claim that Jazz Chisholm Jr. made after their 6-5 loss in Game 1, rocketing baseball after baseball off Gerrit Cole with little to show for it.

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