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2019 MLB playoffs: Latest news and full postseason coverage

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The Washington Nationals stunned the Houston Astros to win the World Series, capturing the first championship in franchise history.

From the wild-card round all the way through the World Series, we had the 2019 MLB playoffs covered.

• Complete postseason schedule

World Series (Nationals win 4-3)

Game 7: Nationals 6, Astros 2

• Passan: Inside the Nationals' astonishing World Series run
• Miller: How will the 2019 Washington Nationals be remembered? As giant slayers
 Five offseason questions for Astros after World Series loss to Nats
• The seventh inning that shocked Houston and made the Nats champions
• Astros a great team that fell short of true greatness
• World Series superlatives: Biggest and best from Nationals-Astros
• 'We finished the fight': Relive Game 7 as Nationals win World Series

Game 6: Nationals 7, Astros 2

• Passan: Nats' Game 6 win gave fans everything they could ask for -- including a Game 7
• What Nationals' wild Game 6 win means for the World Series
• Umps' controversial call in Game 6 draws strong reaction

Game 5: Astros 7, Nationals 1

• Passan: How one blown call in Game 5 shows MLB's need for robot umps
• What Max Scherzer's injury means for Game 5 -- and the rest of the series

Game 4: Astros 8, Nationals 1

• Bregman's mic-drop slam means one thing: The real Astros have shown up
• How Urquidy's brilliance, Astros' breakout bats tied up this series
• Passan: How the Astros just gave this World Series a shot at greatness

Game 3: Astros 4, Nationals 1

• Astros pen delivers, Nats waste chances -- and now we have a series

Game 2: Nationals 12, Astros 3

• Passan: The wacky inning that put the Nats two wins from a championship
• How the Nationals left the Astros reeling with their Game 2 rout

Game 1: Nationals 5, Astros 4

• Passan: Inside the Soto-Cole showdowns that changed the World Series
• Schoenfield: How the Nats pieced together 27 outs to win Game 1

National League Championship Series

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals

Game 1: Nationals 2, Cardinals 0
Game 2: Nationals 3, Cardinals 1
Game 3: Nationals 8, Cardinals 1
Game 4: Nationals 7, Cardinals 4

• 'Sometimes you gotta wait for good things': Inside the Nats' greatest night ever
• What does the Nationals' sweep mean for the World Series?
• Why the Nationals are better than fine without Bryce Harper
• NLCS MVP Howie Kendrick: 'Best time of my career'
• Stephen Strasburg keeps the Nats' rotation on a serious roll
• Inside the disastrous inning that pretty much ended St. Louis' season
• Kendrick continues run as Nationals' unlikely hero
• Is Mike Shildt managing his Cardinals out of the NLCS?
• 'Tonight was vintage Anibal': How the overlooked Nats starter flipped NLCS
 Cardinals-Nationals: Why each team can win the NLCS

American League Championship Series

Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees

Game 1: Yankees 7, Astros 0
Game 2: Astros 3, Yankees 2 (11 inn.)
Game 3: Astros 4, Yankees 1
Game 4: Astros 8, Yankees 3
Game 5: Yankees 4, Astros 1
Game 6: Astros 6, Yankees 4

• Passan: 'We're going to the World Series': Altuve, Astros feast on big moments
• O'Connor: Who's savage now? In this rivalry, Astros own Yankees
 Olney: What Astros' celebration, Yankees' exit tell us about both teams • Altuve's HR lifts Astros to AL pennant
• Judge labels Yankees' season 'a failure' after ALCS loss
• Passan: Get ready for chaos in Astros-Yankees battle of the bullpen games
• Rivera: Paxton, Hicks answer call in Yankees' season-saving win
• Passan: Yankees play their worst baseball at the worst possible time
• Passan: Dead ball? Juiced ball? The debate unfortunately rages on
• Rivera: How the Yankees let Cole & Co. off the hook in Game 3
• Passan: For Aaron Boone's Yankees, it's go bold or go home
• Correa's timing returns with ALCS walk-off homer
• Torres' 5-RBI night for Yankees earns praise, championship belt in Game 1
 10 ways Astros-Yankees measures up as showdown for the ages

National League Division Series

St. Louis Cardinals-Atlanta Braves

Game 1: Cardinals 7, Braves 6 
Game 2: Braves 3, Cardinals 0
Game 3: Braves 3, Cardinals 1 
Game 4: Cardinals 5, Braves 4 (10 inn.)
Game 5: Cardinals 13, Braves 1

• Rogers: Inside the historic 10-run first that sent the Cards to the NLCS
• Rogers: Molina adds to his growing list of October moments
• Rogers: Braves' rally shows their playoff run could have legs
• Cards won't rethink closer after Martinez blows save
• With all the right moves, Braves hit reset button on their series
• Acuna hustles after 'unacceptable' Game 1 of NLDS
• Braves critical of Acuna for not running out hit in loss
• Oblique injury shelves Braves reliever Martin

Washington Nationals-Los Angeles Dodgers

Game 1: Dodgers 6, Nationals 0 
Game 2: Nationals 4, Dodgers 2
Game 3: Dodgers 10, Nationals 4
Game 4: Nationals 6, Dodgers 1
Game 5: Nationals 7, Dodgers 3

• Passan: Dave Roberts will have to own this Dodgers disaster
• Matz: Nats say they're not finished after KO'ing Dodgers
• Passan: Dodgers' postseason nightmare scenario is becoming a reality
• Matz: Signature Scherzer gives Nationals shot at knocking out Dodgers
• Original National Ryan Zimmerman hits key homer in Game 4 win
• Gonzalez: Dodgers' big bats saved season with one thunderous inning
• Dodgers torch Nats starter Corbin in relief outing
• Matz: Leaning on Scherzer-Strasburg duo, Nationals conjure win-now magic
• Gonzalez: That's why Buehler was L.A.'s Game 1 starter
• Blanked Nats 'trying a little too hard'

American League Division Series

Minnesota Twins-New York Yankees

Game 1: Yankees 10, Twins 4
Game 2: Yankees 8, Twins 2
Game 3: Yankees 5, Twins 1

• Rivera: Yankees' sweep shows they don't have to bash to win
• Breaking down the Twins' record 16-game postseason losing streak
• After two beatdowns in the Bronx, are the 101-win Twins already toast?
• Yankees trounce former Uber driver Dobnak
• In battle of heavyweight sluggers, Round 1 goes to Yankees

Tampa Bay Rays-Houston Astros

Game 1: Astros 6, Rays 2
Game 2: Astros 3, Rays 1
Game 3: Rays 10, Astros 3
Game 4: Rays 4, Astros 1
Game 5: Astros 6, Rays 1

• Dominant Cole again too much for Rays as Astros reach ALCS
• Rays' Glasnow: 'Pretty obvious' he was tipping pitches
• Doolittle: Can the resourceful Rays really slay the mighty Astros?
• Rays chase Verlander early to even division series
• Doolittle: Greinke's dud puts Astros' postseason plan to test
• Passan: The overpowering art of Gerrit Cole
• Houston's Cole whiffs 15 to overpower Rays
• Astros' Bregman hits seventh postseason HR off an All-Star pitcher
• 'We got Verlander'd': Can Gerrit Cole turn his name into a verb too?
• Passan: Self doubt? There's still no stopping Altuve in October
• Verlander dominates in another postseason gem

National League wild card

Washington Nationals 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3

• Nationals are riding high, but can it last against the mighty Dodgers?
• Brewers' Grisham: Costly error will 'sting for a long time'
• Nationals ride wild eighth to beat Brewers

American League wild card

Tampa Bay Rays 5, Oakland A's 1

• Passan: How the Rays aren't just surviving, but thriving
• Diaz shrugs off pressure with two-homer performance
• Diaz, Rays power past A's into matchup with Astros

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