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The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2017 postseason pitting the second-seeded Houston Astros against the fourth-seeded New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven ...
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 winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
The Astros' Justin Verlander won Games 2 and 6 in the 2017 American League championship series against the New York Yankees, allowing just one run in 16 innings and winning series MVP honors.
The Astros (2017–2023) are also the only team in the American League to have made seven consecutive American League Championship Series appearances. Tony La Russa and Jim Leyland are the only managers to lead their teams to three consecutive League Championship Series appearances in both leagues.
The 2017 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2017 season.The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series.
The 2017 Major League Baseball season began on April 2 with three games, including the 2016 World Series champions Chicago Cubs facing off against the St. Louis Cardinals, the regular season ended in late September. The postseason began on October 3.
National League Division Series. No. 1 Los Angeles Dodgers def. No. 4 San Diego Padres, 3-2. No. 6 New York Mets def. No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies, 3-1. Championship Series. American League ...