Gerrit Cole pitched another playoff masterpiece and the Astros jumped to a quick lead, turning back the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 in the deciding Game 5 of their ALDS.
Seattle had a rough outting as Domingo German tossed two-hit ball and Giancarlo Stanton hit one of four Yankees' home runs in a 7-2 victory against the Mariners.
When Christian Lopez caught the home run that was Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit last week, he gave the historic ball to the Yankee's shortstop without asking for any money, even though it may have fetched over $100,000 on the open market.
The taxman isn't being so generous with Lopez.
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez both have multi-million dollar contracts and actress girlfriends.
The two Yankees also have something else in common: They are among the overrated baseball players in the game, according to a survey of 185 major league ballplayers by Sports Illustrated.