NEW YORK -- Brett Gardner got to play 28 games at the old Yankee Stadium. None of them were particularly important. In 2008, the biggest thing in the Bronx, a season without a postseason, was the closing of The House That Ruth Built.

Gardner was there for that. It was emotional. It was intense. It was loud.

When the Yankees came from behind to nab a stunning 6-4 win over the Astros in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday night, the atmosphere may have matched what it was like at the old joint, Gardner said.

"I think this is about as loud as it gets," Gardner said.

Since it opened in 2009, the new Yankee Stadium -- big and gray; part shopping mall, part baseball field -- has been derided by some for not getting as wild as its ancestor.

But that may have changed Tuesday.

It happened time and again.

It got crazy when the Yankees started the comeback, scoring two runs in the seventh to cut the deficit to 4-2.

Then it was nuts when Aaron Judge clubbed a double that banged off the left-center field wall to tie the game at 4-all and when Gary Sanchez's two-run double to right-center plated the runs that would cement the final score.

Third baseman Todd Frazier, a Toms River native, grew up going to Yankee Stadium.

He said Tuesday was comparable to it.

"The crowd played a huge part," Frazier said. "It's the best place to play in. It's the most crowd you can be a part of in the best way possible."

He added, "Anything goes in this stadium. I've been a part of it, as a fan and as a player."

Manager Joe Girardi said it reminded him of when he helped the Yankees to World Series wins at the old stadium in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

The manager was asked if he's ever heard the new place as loud.

"No. I don't know," he said. "It was special again (Tuesday night). Every home game has been special. I just feel like the fans are back. And I see things that I haven't seen in a while and it reminds me a lot when I was playing here. So it's been fun to watch."

Said catcher Austin Romine, "This is the most I've ever heard these fans getting after it. We've been feeding off that and it's a huge factor in these playoff games for us that these fans are so loud and get behind you. We feed off of that energy. It was pretty loud."

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