In the major league playoffs and the American League championship series, the Astros defeated the Yankees 6 to 5 in the fourth game, and decided to advance to the World Series for the second consecutive year with four consecutive wins.
The fourth game was held in New York, the home of the Yankees, on the 23rd, and the Yankees, who had no back, took the lead by three points, but the Astros scored four points three times, including Peña's three-run home run, and reversed.
After that, he gave up the lead again, but in the 7th inning, when he was chasing 1 run, the opponent who was aiming for a double play made an error with 1 out, and it became a chance for 1st base and 2nd base, and No. 3 Alvarez and No. 4 Bregman scored consecutive times. I hit Lee to turn the game around and went on to win 6-5.
The Astros, who won 106 wins, the most in the league, won the league championship for the second consecutive year and the fifth time in a row without losing the playoffs from the district series against the Mariners.
Judge, who hit 62 home runs, a new league record, had one hit in the four games of the series, and the Yankees lost four in a row. It did not advance to the series.
The Astros and Phillies will now face off in the World Series on the 28th in Houston, home of the Astros.