Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Home runs by Yuli Gurriel, Chas McCormick and Jeremy Peña off the taxed Yankees bullpen provided the difference in a 4-2 Game 1 victory.

The Yankees are back in the ALCS, but for the sixth consecutive year, the American League pennant runs through Houston.

J.T. Realmuto hit an inside-the-park home run in Philadelphia’s win over Atlanta. The Phillies will play the winner of the Padres-Dodgers series.

Four League Division Series games will be played Saturday, three potentially serving as elimination games.

For the second time in as many games, an Yordan Alvarez home run singlehandedly flipped the fortunes of the Astros and Mariners in he ALDS.

The Astros find ways to make history. This time it was from Alvarez, who hit a two-out, walk-off home run with his club trailing by multiple runs.

Philadelphia’s 7-6 win in Game 1 changed the calculus for the rest of the best-of-five series.

Baseball’s elite eight is set, with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves perhaps most likely to win the World Series.