2019 American League Division Series

2019 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Houston Astros (3) A. J. Hinch 107–55 (.660), GA: 10
Tampa Bay Rays (2) Kevin Cash 96–66 (.593), GB: 7
DatesOctober 4–10
TelevisionFS1
MLB Network (Game 3)
TV announcersKenny Albert, Joe Girardi, A. J. Pierzynski and Jon Paul Morosi (FS1)
Bob Costas, Joe Girardi, Jim Kaat and Tom Verducci (MLBN)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDave Flemming and Jim Bowden
UmpiresBruce Dreckman, James Hoye, Jerry Meals, D. J. Reyburn, John Tumpane, Mark Wegner (crew chief)
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Yankees (3) Aaron Boone 103–59 (.636), GA: 7
Minnesota Twins (0) Rocco Baldelli 101–61 (.623), GA: 8
DatesOctober 4–7
TelevisionMLB Network (Game 1)
FS1
TV announcersBob Costas, John Smoltz and Tom Verducci (MLBN)
Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci (FS1) (Game 2)
Joe Davis, John Smoltz and Ken Rosenthal (FS1) (Game 3)
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman and Chris Singleton
UmpiresLance Barksdale, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Manny Gonzalez, Adrian Johnson, Todd Tichenor
ALWCTampa Bay Rays defeated Oakland Athletics, 5–1
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The 2019 American League Division Series were two best-of-five series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2019 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the AL Wild Card Game—played in two series. These matchups were:

The team with the better regular season record (higher-seed) of each series hosted Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the other team hosted Game 3 and (if necessary) 4.[1][2]

For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series. This ALDS was sponsored by Doosan and officially known as the 2019 American League Division Series presented by Doosan.[3] The Yankees and Astros won their series to advance to the American League Championship Series.

The Astros defeated the Yankees in the ALCS, then lost the 2019 World Series to the National League champion Washington Nationals.

  1. ^ "MLB Announces It's 2019 Postseason Schedule". MLB. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "MLB Postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Creamer, Chris (August 5, 2019). "2019 World Series, Postseason Logos Officially Revealed by MLB". sportslogos.net. Retrieved September 27, 2019. the Wild Card Game (in both leagues) will be presented by Hanook Tire; the NLDS by Utz, the ALDS by Doosan, and the World Series by YouTube TV.