The #Astros and #Yankees have now played nine times this season:
The Yankees have yet to have a lead for a full inning.

The #Yankees have struck out 30 times this series.
The #Astros have struck out 8 times.

No team has won the first 2 games at home and lost the #ALCS since the 2004 #Yankees .
The #Astros are rollin’.

The mighty Houston #Astros win again, 3-2 over the #Yankees .
They are 5-0 this postseason.
They are 6 victories away from running the table.

How in the world is #Padres 3B Manny Machado not a Gold Glove finalist? Absurd.

The Nola parents and their sons will savor the historic moment one day, but for now, it can be gut-wrenching watching their sons compete vs. one another with the stakes so high in #Padres - #Phillies #NLCS . usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

Family Affair: Nola parents have tough time watching Austin best younger brother Aaron in #Padres win over #Phillies usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

Strikeout history

The powerful Houston #Astros knock off the #Yankees again, 4-2, in Game 1 of the #ALCS . They have now beaten them six of eight times this season.

Brotherly Love at its Finest: San Diego Padres even up NLCS vs. Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 win on big brother’s heroics usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

Rhys Hoskins now joins the fun with a HR. It's 8-5 Padres.

Manny Machado with a bomb, 8-4 #Padres .

The #Padres sent 11 batters with five hits and five runs in their fifth inning. They lead 7-4.

Petco Park is shaking. It's 7-4 with the #Padres scoring 7 unanswered runs

Brandon Drury comes through yet again, this time with a 2-run single. #Padres now up 6-4

And Aaron Nola's day is over.

Petco Park is rockin. It's 4-4 with Juan Soto's run-scoring double, with #Phillies ace Aaron Nola on the ropes.

Big brother Austin Nola now gets payback on Aaron Nola with sharp run-scoring single, cutting the #Phillies ' lead to 4-3.

Padres starter Blake Snell, who has struck out 5 of the last 7 hitters he has faced, is at 89 pitches.
He has averaged 98.7 pitches per game in his last nine starts dating back to Aug. 30, including 90 and 96 pitches in his two previous postseason starts.