MLB Baseball

The Los Angeles Dodgers face the Houston Astros in what is a genuine clash of baseball titans, the winner without doubt deserving the title of World Champion.

Didi Gregorius hit two home runs off Corey Kluber, and the New York Yankees beat the Indians, 5-2, in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series in Cleveland on Wednesday.

Cody Bellinger homered and drove in two runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1, to sweep the 2017 National League Division Series in Phoenix on Monday night.

The Astros beat the Red Sox, 5-4, to clinch the 2017 American League Division Series, 3 games to 1, in Boston on Monday afternoon.

Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks pulled away late to beat the Colorado Rockies, 11-8, in the National League Wild Card game.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and the New York bullpen allowed just one run in eight-plus innings of relief, as the Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, 8-4, on Tuesday.

There are just eight teams still playing in Major League Baseball, but only one of them has gone more than 100 years without winning a World Series.

On Wednesday evening, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced its newest members: Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza. Griffey set a record by being named on 99.3 percent of all ballots, surpassing the mark set by Tom Seaver in 1992.