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The 2017 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series held in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2017 postseason 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.
The game was televised nationally by ESPN. The game took place on October 3 at Yankee Stadium, with the Yankees winning 8–4, thus eliminating the Twins from the postseason and advancing the Yankees to the AL Division Series (ALDS), in which they defeated the Cleveland Indians, 3–2.
The ALDS is a best-of-five series where the divisional winner with the best winning percentage in the regular season hosts the winner of the Wild Card Series between the top two wild card teams in one matchup, and the divisional winner with the second best winning percentage hosts the winner of the series between the lowest-seeded divisional winner and the lowest-seeded wild card team. [1]
The Tigers lived the highs and lows of a playoff baseball series all in two games and came out on top to advance to the ALDS. Tarik Skubal delivered a Game 1 win that the bullpen held onto late ...
The Yankees upset the heavily favored Cleveland Indians 3–2 in the ALDS to advance. [6] This is the Yankees' 16th appearance in the ALCS, and their second as a Wild Card. Their last ALCS appearance came in the 2012 American League Championship Series where they got swept by the Detroit Tigers. They had won in 11 of their previous 15 appearances.
The Detroit Tigers thought they had their first run in Game 2 of the ALDS vs. the Cleveland Guardians in the eighth inning. But a diving catch by left fielder Steven Kwan kept the Tigers off the ...
Carlos Rodón stellar in Game 1; Yankees up 4-1 through six. NEW YORK - Carlos Rodón kept his emotions in check and then, not coincidentally, suppressed the Cleveland Guardians, too.
The Dodgers convincingly took Game 1 in the shortest World Series game since 1992 at 2 hours and 28 minutes. Game 2 was an eleven-inning slugfest which the Astros won 7–6, as both teams had four different players hit home runs. Game 2 was the first World Series game won by the Astros in franchise history.