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| Dates | October 13–18 | |||||||||
| MVP | Jackie Bradley Jr. (Boston) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Vic Carapazza, Mark Carlson, Chris Guccione, James Hoye (Games 1–2), Bill Miller (Games 3–5), Mark Wegner, Joe West (crew chief) | |||||||||
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| Television | TBS | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Lauren Shehadi | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Jessica Mendoza | |||||||||
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The 2018 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series pitting the defending World Series champion Houston Astros against the Boston Red Sox, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2018 World Series. The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the first two and last two (had they been necessary) games played at the home ballpark of the team with the better regular season record, the Red Sox.[1] The series was the 49th in league history, with TBS televising all games in the United States. The Red Sox defeated the Astros in five games.
For the second year in a row, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by Google Assistant and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Google Assistant.[2]
The Red Sox would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.
- ^ 2018 Major League Baseball postseason schedule. MLB.com. Retrieved on September 25, 2018.
- ^ Red Sox and Astros give us a star-studded American League Championship Series. sbnation.com. Retrieved on October 9, 2018.