Well-traveled journeyman Steve Pearce wound up as the World Series MVP on Sunday night after hitting two home runs that lifted Boston over the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 5.

Christian Yelich hit .326 with 36 home runs and 110 RBIs, leading the National League in batting average and slugging percentage. J.D. Martinez hit .330 with 43 home runs and 130 RBIs, leading the majors in RBIs and total bases.

Both seasons would fit in perfectly with the best seasons of Hank Aaron's career, so it's fitting the two All-Stars and MVP candidates are the 2018 winners of the Hank Aaron Award for best hitter in each league.

With a key two-run homer in the decisive Game 7 against the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was named the MVP of the National League Championship Series on Saturday

Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has become the youngest player to hit a grand slam in the postseason.

The 20-year-old Acuna made history with his second-inning homer off the Dodgers' Walker Buehler in the National League Division Series on Sunday night.

Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole became the second player in MLB history to record at least 12 strikeouts without a walk in a postseason game Saturday in leading Houston to a 2-0 lead in its American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians.