AL Championship Series

Correa homered with one out in the ninth, and the Astros beat the Rays 4-3 Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies, closing to 3-2 in the series.

George Springer broke a tie with a two-run homer, José Altuve also went deep and hit an RBI double, as the Astros, who beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 to stay alive in the ALCS.

The Tampa Bay Rays are one victory away from their first World Series appearance in 12 years after grabbing a three-games-to-none lead in the AL Championship Series.

Manuel Margot hit a three-run home run and made a spectacular catch in right field in his former home ballpark, and the Rays beat the Astros 4-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the ALCS.

Randy Arozarena homered again at Petco Park and Mike Zunino drove in the go-ahead run for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the Houston Astros 2-1 in the opener of the ALCS.

Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Michael Brantley’s two-run shot in the fourth inning, helping the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 11-6.

Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres hit impressive home runs and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 to force a deciding fifth game in their ALDS at Petco Park.

Randy Arozarena homered for the third straight game and Kevin Kiermaier and Michael Perez also went deep for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the New York Yankees 8-4.

Chad Pinder’s three-run homer tied the game in the seventh and Sean Murphy’s sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run in the eighth, rallying the Athletics past the Astros 9-7.

George Springer hit two homers and the Houston Astros kept making more noise in the playoffs, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series.