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Two home runs by the Nationals' Kendrick and Rendon in the seventh helped overcome a two-run deficit, to rock the Astros 6-2. Giving them their first World Series title.

Juan Soto's homer hit the train tracks above the left field wall as the Nationals tagged Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros 5-4 in the World Series opener.

Gerrit Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate as the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory to take a 2-1 lead in the ALCS.

After missing five games, Victor Robles homered, singled and scored twice over the first six innings of the Nationals' 8-1 victory in Game 3 of the NLCS against St. Louis.

Kendrick hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the 10th inning and the Nationals, boosted by a lightning rally against Clayton Kershaw, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3.

Its the night, Willy Adames shined and the Rays chased the Houston ace early in beating the Astros 4-1 to even their AL Division Series at two games apiece.

Gleyber Torres got New York going with a second-inning home run, scored after each of his two doubles, fueling the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over Minnesota Twins.

Mike Clevinger pitched six shutdown innings, Franmil Reyes homered and Cleveland moved into a tie for the second AL wild card with a 7-0 win over the Tigers.

Houston's Gerrit Cole struck out 10 batters, including his 300th of the season, Yuli Gurriel and Jose Altuve homered and the Astros beat the Texas Rangers 3-2.

Kyle Lewis homered for the fifth time in eight major league games, and the Mariners beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.