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Major League Baseball's top defensive players were honored with the unveiling of the 2018 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards on Sunday night. Plenty of mainstays were joined by exciting newcomers in this year's field of finalists for the Gold Glove, which were determined by a combination of votes submitted by Major League managers and coaches and a sabermetric index provided by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

LOS ANGELES -- The baseball season ends just as the discussion about this Boston Red Sox club's place in the sport's long and layered history begins. It's not enough to simply state that the Red Sox put the finishing touches on their ninth title -- and fourth since 2004 -- with a clear and convincing 5-1 victory over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. • Get World Series champs gear

HOUSTON -- What wound up as one of the most thrilling postseason victories in Red Sox history nearly turned into a soul-crushing defeat. But Andrew Benintendi wasn't going to allow it to happen -- not after all the madness that had led up to the final play of an epic Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, which featured four hours and 33 minutes of riveting action.

BOSTON -- Marwin Gonzalez had already made his mark on Sunday night's 7-5 loss to the Red Sox with a big home run, but the Astros' jack-of-all-trades was just beginning what proved to be an adventurous -- and painful -- night. • ALCS presented by Google Assistant, Game 3: Tue., 5:09 p.m. ET/4:09 CT on TBS

MILWAUKEE -- Richard Woodruff stood in the hallway outside the Brewers' clubhouse early Saturday morning, hands buried in his pockets, overcome with emotion. His eyes swelled. He could barely speak, the weight of what he'd witnessed too much to bear. "They want me to talk about it," Woodruff said, motioning to his wife, Belinda. "But I can't stop crying."

CLEVELAND -- The Astros passed their first October test as the defending World Series champions with flying colors, burying the Indians with a relentless offense and solid pitching on Monday afternoon to earn a champagne celebration they hope won't be their last. Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to break a tie, and George Springer etched his name in history by cranking two first-pitch solo homers to send the Astros to an 11-3 win over the Indians at Progressive Field and a three-game sweep of the American League Division Series.

ATLANTA -- The Dodgers added Manny Machado and David Freese late in the season thinking clutch October knocks and champagne corks popping, and the plan was right on point Monday. Freese's two-run, pinch-hit single turned the game around and Machado's three-run homer iced it as the Dodgers advanced to their third consecutive National League Championship Series with a 6-2 Game 4 victory over Atlanta that clinched the best-of-five NL Division Series at SunTrust Park.

NEW YORK -- When a baseball player is on the verge of doing something extraordinary -- a no-hitter, a four-homer game, a cycle -- his teammates tend not to speak to him. This is part of the sport's unspoken code: better to leave an artist alone than risk disrupting him. Video: Must C Cycle: Holt hits 1st ever postseason cycle

DENVER -- The Brewers are riding an 11-game winning streak to the National League Championship Series. And just like it's supposed to be when the air turns crisp, pitching is paving the way.

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NEW YORK -- The hours of conversation and planning that the Yankees poured into ensuring they remained alive past the third day of October boiled down to the same blueprint they brought into the year. Allow Luis Severino to showcase his high-octane arsenal, hand the game off to the vaunted bullpen and wait for Aaron Judge or Giancarlo Stanton to crush a ball out of sight. It came together mostly as envisioned on Wednesday evening, helping the Yankees post a 7-2 victory over the Athletics in the American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium. After the requisite pouring of bubbly and beer, the Bombers will ride the rails to meet the Red Sox for an AL Division Series that opens on Friday night at Fenway Park.

CHICAGO -- After spending the regular season serving as the definition of a light-hitting catcher thanks to a .170 batting average, Tony Wolters added a calling card: unlikely postseason luminary. :: NL Wild Card Game schedule and results ::

DENVER -- Friday was a crowning night for homegrown pitcher Kyle Freeland and continued the coming-out party for homegrown slugger David Dahl. Combined with some veteran friends, they brought home the Rockies' second straight postseason berth. Freeland grinded through six innings and held the Nationals to two runs, and Dahl homered in his fifth straight game as the Rockies won, 5-2, before a Coors Field sellout crowd of 48,084 that bought tickets for fireworks but witnessed a rare celebration.

TORONTO -- The champagne is on ice. The Astros reached 100 wins for the second year in a row, and third time in team history, and won their second consecutive American League West title after a 4-1 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, coupled with the Athletics' 10-8 defeat to the Mariners. Houston will celebrate the division title following Wednesday's game in Toronto.