With two outs and runners on first and second, stepping up to bat was the former All-Star third baseman Todd Frazier:

Facing a pitch from Charlie Morton — a high-quality, almost lethal fastball at a wickedly low outside corner, clocked at 95 mph — Todd Frazier incredibly pushed it to right field for a three-run homer, expanding the Yankees' lead to five!

From the replay broadcast, it was clear that Frazier didn't even exert his full strength, almost solely relying on the power of his arms to scoop the ball from the lower edge of the strike zone — even though Yankee Stadium's right field is notoriously short, sending such a ball into the stands was astonishing.

In the home team's dugout, even top hitters like Aaron Judge and Lin Guanglai couldn't help but applaud their teammate's three-run blast.

The impact of Todd Frazier's three-run homer was enormous, as it not only boosted the already commanding Yankees playing at home but also nailed the final coffin in for the Astros, who were already halfway buried:

Even Jose Altuve's eyes lost their usual luster, his backbone completely shattered.

Nonetheless, the Yankees' batters weren't about to let up; sticking to the mentality of "beating a dog when it's down," they continued their aggressive offense, widening the score gap:

6-0, 7-0, 8-0… By the time Lin Guanglai stepped into the batter's box again in the later innings, the score had astonishingly expanded to 13-0, and all bases were loaded by the Yankees — mind you, this was the American League Championship Series, and their opponent was none other than the regular season's 101-win Astros!

However, even such a team seemed like a stray dog on the roadside, kicked to death in front of a Yankees team that had gained momentum and found their rhythm.

As the Astros' manager, A.J. Hinch didn't bother walking Lin Guanglai this time: with the game already like this, what was there left to protect?

Lin Guanglai's response was simple: with a bases-clearing triple, he brought all his teammates on base back home.

"No suspense, no suspense!" Commentators in the Bronx studio, many of whom were on-site, exclaimed with this sentiment, "In the third game of the American League Championship Series, the Yankees returned home and demolished the Astros 16-0, thoroughly humiliating their opponents on both offense and defense — and with this victory, the series lead now stands at 3-0!"

"The only pity was that Lin's final shot was just a little short of clearing the park; otherwise, it would have been his ninth home run in these playoffs, surpassing players like Carlos Beltran and Barry Bonds, and claiming the title of single-season playoff home run king." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"But judging by the current situation, I don't think we'll have to wait much longer... Dear viewers, six o'clock tomorrow evening Eastern Time, right here again, see you there!"

"Since the modern MLB framework was essentially formed in 1903, only one team has ever completed the miraculous comeback from a 3-0 series deficit — and the backdrop of that series was indeed the New York Yankees."

"With the series on the brink, can the Yankees, playing at home, sweep the Houston Astros and advance to the World Series for the first time in 8 years since 2009, aiming for their 28th world championship?"

"Let's wait and see!"