[151] The Yankees beat the Twins in a three-game sweep to advance to the ALCS for the second time in three seasons.[152] However, on October 19, the Houston Astros beat the Yankees in the ALCS 4–2.[153] With this loss, the 2010s decade became the first since the 1980s to have the Yankees fail to win a World Series and the first since the 1910s to have the Yankees failing to play in one.[154]