ROMANS: All right. Hurricane Michael will certainly be a devastating storm. It has yet to make landfall. It has -- it is already disrupting the U.S. oil. The Gulf of Mexico a big source of oil production in the U.S. Big producers like BP and Chevron, they began bracing for the hurricane Monday, evacuating offshore production platforms in the storm's path, 75 have been cleared so far. About 11 percent of the manned platforms in the area. Unlike oil rigs, production platforms don't move. Companies also shut down three rigs in the storm area. They moved eight others. That has cut off nearly 40 percent of oil output in the Gulf of Mexico, stemmed natural gas by 28 percent. The production cut sent U.S. crude prices 1 percent higher, rising to just below $75 a barrel. Oil prices already feeling the pressure of tight global supply and those looming U.S. sanctions on Iran. The higher crude prices mean higher gas prices for you. Right now an average cost for a gallon of gas is 40 cents higher than it was last year.</s>BRIGGS: The Boston Red Sox moving on to the American Championship Series. The New York Yankees, they're staying home. The Bronx Bombers at home at Yankee stadium, rallying for two runs off Boston closer Craig Kimbrel in the bottom of the ninth, but falling just short. Game four of the ALDS, 4-3. The rookie just out. You see on the replay. That touched off the celebration in New York. Boy, did the Red Sox celebrate. They will face the defending champion Houston Astros. The winner heads to the World Series. The series starts Saturday. Dodgers and Brewers starts Friday night.</s>ROMANS: All right. Our big story, Michael. It is strengthening. We have new information about what Florida is bracing for. This could be the most powerful hurricane to hit the panhandle in more than a century. More breaking news coverage of Michael after this.
Red Sox Eliminate Yankees, 4-3.