Astros sweep Yankees in ALCS, advance to World Series again.
NEW YORK - In recent years, it’s almost become an October ritual: Astros top Yankees. Astros take pennant.in the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 victory Sunday night aided by another defensive gaffe from New York.by second baseman Gleyber Torres to produce the go-ahead rally in the seventh inning, the Astros won their second consecutive pennant and fourth in six years.off ailing Yankees starter Nestor Cortes to help the AL West champions overcome an early 3-0 deficit.
“When everything happened a few years ago, we knew the one thing that we could do is we could win and we could win and win a lot. I understand people are still not going to like us. They’re going to boo us, but at some point you have to respect what we’re doing.” With the playoffs expanded to 12 teams this year, the Phillies became the first club in baseball history to finish third in the standings and reach the World Series. Philadelphia was 87-75 during the regular season — Justin Verlander and the Astros went 106-56 under manager Dusty Baker, seven games better than any other American League team.