As expected, Houston was able to continue their winning streak in the semi-finals, where they faced their main rival in the face of the New York Yankees. The team showed a confident game and without any problems won the fourth victory in a row with a score of 4:2. In the quarterfinals the Astros had three fights with the Seattle Mariners and did not allow the opponent to win a single victory.
New York began to experience difficulties even before the start of the playoffs and, before the World Series, suffered two defeats from far from the most serious opponent in the face of the Texas Rangers. The team remained strong for the draw, but narrowly missed out on the series to the Cleveland Guardians in the quarterfinals. After two failures in a row, the Yankees rallied and pulled out a victory with a final score of 3:2. In the semifinals, the team had to start on the road, where they failed to defeat the clear favorite Houston Astros (2:4).
