MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCORE…
HOUSTON 4 – Tampa Bay 3 (in San Diego)… Carlos Correa’s one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Astros a walk-off win over the Rays and pulled them within 3-2 in the series. George Springer homered to lead off the bottom of the first. Michael Brantley stroked a two-run single in the fifth. It will be a matchup of lefthanders today when Houston’s Framber Valdez goes against Tampa Bay’s Blake Snell. Gametime is 6:07 p.m. Eastern.
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCORE…
ATLANTA 10 – L.A. Dodgers 2 (in Arlington)… The Braves pounded the Dodgers to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Freddie Freeman’s tie-breaking RBI double sparked a six-run bottom of the sixth inning that put the game away. Dansby Swanson added a two-run double. Marcell Ozuna smacked a pair of solo homers. Los Angeles will try to stay alive today by sending righthander Dustin May to the mound. Atlanta didn’t name its starter.