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.
Yordan Alvarez drove in three runs to back up seven strong innings by Gerrit Cole and help the Astros to a 6-1 win over the Mariners completing a three-game sweep.
The rematch of the ALCS between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Indian. George Springer led a four homerun attack as Astros pounded Indians 7-2 to take 1-0 lead.
Houston moved to 2 1/2 games ahead of Oakland in the AL West, thanks to Alex Bregman and Tyler White rallied the Astros for an 11-4 win over the Athletics.
Astros' Evan Gattis and Josh Reddick, both hit two-run home runs to snap a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
Altuve, Bregman and Springer lit up the Rays in the sixth inning by hitting back to back to back homeruns that lifted Astros to a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay.
The Angels' road winning streak was snapped as Justin Verlander pitched seven sharp innings, Altuve hit his first home run of the season and the Astros won 5-2.
The Astros won their third straight behind Charlie Morton pitched seven strong innings, Jose Altuve hit a three-run double. Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 9-2.
With teammates looking on Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros celebrated the signing of a new seven-year, $163.5 million contract, the longest in team history.
Add some more hardware to the mantle. AL MVP Jose Altuve has been named AP Male Athlete of the Year after leading the Astros to their first World Series title.