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The Yankees lineup is going back to normal after a one-game audible.

Gary Sanchez will return to his catching duties Thursday night in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, and Austin Romine will return to the bench. Chase Headley, a switch-hitter, will get the nod at designated hitter and bat ninth against Astros lefty starter Dallas Keuchel at the Stadium. The series is tied 2-2.

Headley, Jacoby Ellsbury and Matt Holliday have split DH duties for the entire postseason, save for Game 4, when Sanchez shifted into that role. Headley is 1-for-18 this postseason, but he did have a run-scoring single in Game 3.

Sanchez and Aaron Judge were both mired in slumps before propelling the Yankees to a dramatic comeback win in Game 4. Judge homered and doubled, and Sanchez doubled, while they combined to knock home five of the team’s six runs in a 6-4 triumph.

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