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After getting into another scuffle with the Rangers, the Astros rally for a 5-4 victory in a wild and testy Game 5 and head home to Houston needing one win to reach a third consecutive World Series.

Jose Altuve thrives under pressure for the Houston Astros, able to stay calm in the biggest October moments even after another bench-clearing fracas against the Texas Rangers. The defending World Series champions are one win from a third consecutive pennant after Altuve’s three-run homer in the ninth inning of a wild and testy 5-4 victory over their instate division rival Friday gave the Astros a 3-2 lead in the AL Championship Series. Baker wasn't in the dugout when Altuve hit his...

Jose Altuve hits a three-run blast in the ninth inning to stun Texas 5-4 and give Houston a 3-2 lead in the ALCS.

We finally saw hatred, fireworks and ejections. And then we saw something else way more familiar: the Astros and Jose Altuve rising to the moment.

Houston won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series 5-4, taking a 3-2 edge in the series.

Jose Altuve hit the go-ahead three-run homer in the ninth inning to cap a wild final three innings and lift the visiting Houston Astros to a 5-4 win in Game 5 of the American League Championship Serie

Jose Altuve authored yet another legendary October moment to lead the Astros to a Game 5 victory.

“We've obviously had a few run-ins with them this year,” Astros closer Ryan Pressly said. “They don't like us."

Jose Altuve thrives under pressure for the Houston Astros, able to stay calm in the biggest October moments even after another bench-clearing fracas against the Texas Rangers.

This postseason has not (yet) had an extra-innings game. Or a winner-take-all game. All of the Wild Card Series were sweeps, two of the Division Series were sweeps, and each of the League Championship Series began with a team going up 2-0. It couldn’t go on like this. Baseball doesn’t