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**[[Max Scherzer]] followed [[Aníbal Sánchez]]'s near no-hitter, as the Washigton Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3–1 at Busch Stadium for a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series. Scherzer did not allow a hit until [[Paul Goldschmidt]] led off the seventh inning with a single. In addition to the hit, Scherzer stroke out 11 and walked two in seven shutout innings. A solo home run by [[Michael A. Taylor]] off [[Adam Wainwright]] to lead off the third inning put the Nationals ahead 1–0, while [[Adam Eaton]] added two more runs with a double in the eigth. St. Louis got another solid performance from Wainwright, who struck out 11 in 7⅓ innings.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN201910120.shtml NLCS Game 2 Box score - Nationals at Cardinals]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on October 13, 2019.</ref>
**In American League Championship Series opening, [[Gleyber Torres]] and [[Masahiro Tanaka]] led the New York Yankees to a 7–0 victory over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Torres kept up his postseason surge with a home run and five RBI. Meanwhile, Tanaka threw one-hit ball for six innings to outpitch [[Zack Greinke]], who allowed three runs across six innings in another lackluster playoff start.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201910120.shtml ALCS Game 1 Box score - Yankees at Astros]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on October 13, 2019.</ref>
*October 13 – [[Carlos Correa]] hit a leadoff, [[walk-off home run]] in the 11th inning off New York Yankees pitcher [[J. A. Happ]] that gave the Houston Astros a 3–2 victory at [[Minute Maid Park]], evening the [[2019 American League Championship Series|best-of-seven AL Championship Series]] at one game apiece. Both teams had excellent performances from their bullpens. Previously, Correa opened the score with an RBI-douuble off Yankees starter [[James Paxton]] in the second inning. Paxton departed after just 2⅓ innings, then the Yankees used eight different relievers, who gave up just two hits until the 11th inning. [[Aaron Judge]] gave the Yankees a 2–1 lead in the fourth inning with a two-run home run off Astros starter [[Justin Verlander]], which was his only major mistake in his 6⅔ inning brilliant performance, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks along with seven strikeouts. The Astros tied the game 2–2 on a home run by [[George Springer]] in the fifth inning. After Verlander exited, the Astros bullpen worked 4⅓ innings and allowed no runs on one hit. [[Josh James (baseball)|Josh James]] was credited with the win. The series moved to [[Yankee Stadium]] for Game 3 on October 15.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU201910130.shtml ALCS Game 2 Box score - Yankees at Astros]. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on October 14, 2019.</ref>
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