Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Carlos Correa and George Springer each blasted three-run homers as the Houston Astros slugged their way to an 8-3 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
With the victory, the Astros moved within one win of reaching their second World Series in three years. The winner of the ALCS will play the wild-card Washington Nationals, who swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS.