2017 American League Division Series

2017 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Yankees (3) Joe Girardi 91–71 (.562), GB: 2
Cleveland Indians (2) Terry Francona 102–60 (.630), GA: 17
DatesOctober 5–11
TelevisionFS1 (Games 1, 3–5)
MLB Network (Game 2)
TV announcersMatt Vasgersian, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal (Games 1, 3–5), and Tom Verducci
RadioESPN
Radio announcersJon Sciambi and Chris Singleton
UmpiresVic Carapazza, Dana DeMuth (crew chief), Dan Iassogna, Adrian Johnson, Jeff Nelson, Brian O'Nora[1]
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Houston Astros (3) A. J. Hinch 101–61 (.623), GA: 21
Boston Red Sox (1) John Farrell 93–69 (.574), GA: 2
DatesOctober 5–9
TelevisionMLB Network (Game 1)
FS1 (Games 2–4)
TV announcersBob Costas, Jim Kaat, and J. P. Morosi (MLBN)
Joe Davis, David Cone, A. J. Pierzynski, and J. P. Morosi (FS1)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersChris Berman and Rick Sutcliffe
UmpiresTed Barrett (crew chief), Dan Bellino, Mike Everitt, Marty Foster, Ángel Hernández, Mark Wegner[1]
ALWCNew York Yankees defeated Minnesota Twins, 8–4
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The 2017 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series held to determine the participating teams in the 2017 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners (seeded 1–3) and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff—played in two series.

These matchups were:

For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; Doosan acquired presenting sponsorship to the ALDS,[5][6] and thus the series was officially known as the American League Division Series presented by Doosan.[7]

The Astros would go on to defeat the Yankees in the ALCS, then win the 2017 World Series over the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers. It was the Astros first-ever World title.

  1. ^ a b "MLB playoffs: Umpires for wild-card games, AL and NL Division Series announced". sports.yahoo.com. Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Hoynes, Paul (October 4, 2017). "It will be the Cleveland Indians vs. the New York Yankees in the AL Division Series". cleveland.com. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Red Sox and Astros set for rematch in ALDS". Boston Herald. September 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  4. ^ The higher seeded team in each series hosted Games 1, 2, and 5. and the lower seeded team hosted Games 3 and 4.
  5. ^ "Doosan announces multi-year MLB partnership, presenting sponsorship of American League Division Series" (Press release). Major League Baseball Advanced Media. September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Lefton, Terry (October 2, 2017). "MLB close to selling first World Series presenting sponsorship". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Start times for remainder of Division Series announced". MLB.com. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017.