HOUSTON — It's been a painful few days to be a New York Yankees fan and the misery continued Saturday on their home field. The Astros dominated them with a 5-0 shutout and are one win away from another trip to the World Series.
To try to get that one more win, Houston is sending Lance McCullers to the mound in Game 4 as the Astros hope to complete the sweep.
Just a few days ago, confident Yankees fans were shouting "We want Houston!" after winning their division series against Cleveland. But they got quiet quickly Saturday and so did the Yankees' bats. "Still want us?" The Astros tweeted a few hours after the game.
Twitter users added to the misery by roasting the Yankees who are hitting .128 in the ALCS with 41 strikeouts. They've lost eight of 10 to Houston this year.
Stephen King may be considering the Yankees' ALCS performance as the subject of his next horror novel.
A lot of disappointed -- or downright disgusted -- Yankees fans were seen leaving the game early.
This is how those Yankees fans greeted Astros fans before Game 3.
"I got s--t thrown at me tonight, I got called things that probably should hurt my feelings, but it’s all worth it cause we are 1 win away from the World Series and The Astros are now 8-0 against the Yankees this year when I am in the building," one True-blue Astros fan tweeted.
During pregame introductions, fans booed the Astros -- and their own manager Aaron Boone. Halfway through the game, they were booing their own players, including superstar Aaron Judge.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone blamed the Game 2 loss on the wind, maybe tonight he can blame it on the rain.
The Yankees' own Twitter feed was eerily quiet during and after the game Saturday. They posted the final score and their last post before that was about the pregame festivities. Nothing in between. Can you blame them?