The Midway volleyball team improved to 20-0 with a 3-0 win at Clinton on Thursday. The Raiders gave lost just two of 62 sets this season and are ranked No. 1 among eastern North Carolina 2-A teams. … Yordan Alvarez (Buies Creek Astros, 2017) hit a go-ahead 2-run homer for Houston in a 4-2 win over visiting Seattle on Thursday as the Astros took a 2-0 series lead. … MLB playoff games today include Cleveland at the New York Yankees (TBS, 1:07 p.m.). Atlanta at Philadelphia (Fox Sports 1, 4:37 p.m.) and the Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego (Fox Sports 1, 8:37 p.m.). … In college football on Friday night, host West Virginia edged Baylor, 43-40, and Central Florida rolled past visiting Temple, 70-13. … Washington got Week 6 started in the NFL with a 12-7 win at Chicago. … Navy visits Southern Methodist in college football tonight (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.). … Rickie Fowler and Andrew Putnam share the lead in the PGA Tour event in Japan at 10-under par going into the third round (Golf Channel, 10:30 p.m.).