Schedule and 2019 Results
Regular Season Records: Houston 107-55, New York Yankees 103-59
Game 1 on Saturday, 12 October: New York Yankees win at Houston, 7-runs-nil
Game 2 on Sunday, 13 October: New York Yankees lose at Houston, 3-runs-2 (11 innings)
Game 3 on Tuesday, 15 October: Houston wins at New York Yankees, 4-runs-1
Game 4 on Thursday, 17 October: Houston wins at New York Yankees, 8-runs-3
Game 5 on Friday, 18 October: Houston loses at New York Yankees, 4-runs-1
Game 6 on Saturday, 19 October: New York Yankees lose at Houston, 6-runs-4

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Houston Astros hosted and defeated the New York Yankees 6-runs-4 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1416 victory. With the series 1416 win, the Houston Astros improve their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1416 loss, the New York Yankees see their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record fall to 34-17 (with an active four-series losing streak) overall and 7-5 (with an active four-series losing streak) in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Houston Astros in series 1416 was LWWWLW: Series 1416 thus becomes the seventh MLB Semifinals-round series, the 14th MLB series (all rounds), and the 52nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The current four-series losing streak in best-of-7 MLB playoff series by the New York Yankees is their longest such losing streak as a franchise, breaking the three-series losing streak in best-of-7 MLB playoff series suffered in the 1963, 1964, and 1976 World Series. Once before did the Houston Astros follow a LWWWLW win order to series victory - in series 955, in the 2005 National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

After Game 5: The New York Yankees hosted and bested the Houston Astros 4-runs-1 to drop the Houston Astros best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1416 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Houston Astros have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 6 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Yankees have a series record of 2-7 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 6 record of 6-3. Trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-2 (as they now do in series 1416), the New York Yankees achieved their two series wins in series 91 (in the 1952 World Series over the old Brooklyn Dodgers) and series 123 (in the 1958 World Series over the old Milwaukee Braves). Leading a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-2 (as they now do in series 1416), the Houston Astros suffered their sole series loss in series 937 (in the 2004 National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals).

After Game 4: The Houston Astros visited and vanquished the New York Yankees 8-runs-3 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1416 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Houston Astros have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 5 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the New York Yankees have a series record of 1-2 and a Game 5 record of 2-1. The sole previous best-of-7 MLB playoff series in which the Houston Astros led 3-games-1 was series 955, in which the Astros lost Game 5 but won Game 6 to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2005 National League Championship Series. The sole New York Yankees' victory in a best-of-7 MLB playoff series upon trailing 3-games-1 occurred in series 123, in which they defeated the old Milwaukee Braves 4-games-3 in the 1958 World Series.

After Game 3: The Houston Astros visited and defeated the New York Yankees 4-runs-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1416 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Houston Astros have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Yankees have a series record of 8-5 and a Game 4 record of 10-3.

After Game 2: The Houston Astros hosted and defeated the New York Yankees 3-runs-2 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1416 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Houston Astros have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 3 record of 2-2, while the New York Yankees have a series record of 15-7 and a Game 3 record of 15-7. On the four previous occasions when the Houston Astros found themselves tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB playoff series, their Game 3 outcome matched their series outcome (two victories; two losses).

After Game 1: The New York Yankees visited and shut out the Houston Astros 7-runs-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1416 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Yankees have a series record of 23-7 and a Game 2 record of 18-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Astros have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 2 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 1-game-nil, the Houston Astros have had their Game 2 outcome match their series outcome in all four such previous series (two wins; two losses).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019 MLB regular season, the Houston Astros finished four games ahead of the New York Yankees. From 1905 through the 2018 MLB Finals round, when MLB teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 7-5 (.583) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1416 is the eighth best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the Houston Astros, and the 51st for the New York Yankees. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the Houston Astros have an all-rounds series record of 3-4, a Semifinals-round series record of 2-3, and a Game 1 record of 3-4, while the New York Yankees have an all-rounds series record of 34-16, a Semifinals-round series record of 7-4, and a Game 1 record of 30-20. Series 1416 is the second best-of-7 MLB playoff series meeting between the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees - the Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees in series 1350, in the 2017 American League Championship Series.