Aaron Judge started the ALDS 0-for-8, but he capped off the series with another historic home run on Tuesday.

Judge hit a solo homer in the second inning of the New York Yankees' 5-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5.

It was Judge's fourth career home run in a winner-take-all postseason game -- the most in Major League history.

Luis Arraez clinched the American League batting title on Wednesday in the Minnesota Twins' 10-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Arraez was all but assured of topping Aaron Judge for the batting title before the final game of the season. He removed any doubt by walking twice and then hitting a double in the third inning.

"It's amazing," said Arraez, who hit .316. "This was one of my goals. I'm living a dream right now. This is amazing for me because I worked hard for this."

Judge, who sat out the New York Yankees' season finale, batted .311 with an AL-record 62 homers and a league-leading 131 RBIs.

Gerrit Cole surpassed Ron Guidry's single-season franchise record with his Major League-leading 249th strikeout Tuesday night in the New York Yankees' 3-2 loss at the Texas Rangers.

Cole struck out Nathaniel Lowe in the bottom of the first inning to set the mark.

He compiled eight more strikeouts over six innings pitched, giving him a final total of 257 K's for the season.

"Even just to tie the record, and let alone break it, it's a bit surreal," Cole said. "And obviously on a night like tonight, it's just kind of like, whoa, I mean, what a lot of history going on. Just a wonderful experience to share it with my teammates."

Aaron Judge led off the second game of a doubleheader with his American League-record 62nd home run.

Albert Pujols continues to hit statistical milestones in his final Major League season.

Pujols hit a home run on Sunday to move into a tie with Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time RBI list. 

He is hitting .268/.344/.543 this season, but insists that he'll stick with plans to retire.

Pujols and Ruth have 2,214 RBI, while Hank Aaron sits first overall with 2,297 runs batted in.