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The 2013 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2013 postseason to determine the teams that would participate in the 2013 American League Championship Series.
The 2013 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2013 postseason pitting the top-seeded Boston Red Sox against the third-seeded Detroit Tigers [1] for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox won the series 4 games to 2.
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. In the American League, the Detroit Tigers made their third straight appearance, the Boston Red Sox returned for the first time since 2009, the Oakland Athletics made their second straight ...
Each team played one three-game series against four teams from one division in the other league, and two two-game series (one home, one away) against the remaining team in that division (for 2013 the match-ups are AL East vs. NL West, AL Central vs. NL East, and AL West vs. NL Central, meaning the changes of the Astros and the small increase in ...
In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series. The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring each of the two division winners with the best records and the winners of the wild-card play-off.
*The winner of the 2013 American League Wild Card Game plays the Red Sox. The Wild Card game was contested on October 2 between the Cleveland Indians and the Tampa Bay Rays at Progressive Field. The Rays were victorious by a score of 4–0. **The winner of the 2013 American League Division Series plays the Red Sox in the ALCS
In 1981, as means to recoup revenue lost during a players strike, Major League Baseball set up a special additional playoff round (as a prelude to the League Championship Series). ABC televised the American League Division Series while NBC televised the National League Division Series. The Division Series round was not officially instituted ...
The winner of the American League wild card game moved on to face the top-seeded team of the AL in the American League Division Series. In 2013 , the Indians became the first team from the AL Central to qualify as a wild card under the new postseason format.