A day after a brutal loss, and with little margin for more errors, the Yankees played like a 103-win team. James Paxton chilled Houston's bats and the bullpen followed with shutdown relief to beat the Astros 4-1 Friday night, cutting New York's AL Championship Series deficit to 3-2.

"I wasn't ready to go home yet," Paxton said, "so I wanted to go out and give my team everything I had and just battle away."