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Finally, in the bottom of the ninth inning, Altuve hit a solo home run off José Leclerc to make it 11–4, but that was the only noise that the Astros could make. With the 11–4 victory, the Rangers won the American League pennant, advancing to their third overall World Series and first since 2011.
The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series, MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League's (NL) Championship Series. The ALCS began in 1969 as a best-of-five playoff and used this format until 1985, when it changed to its current best-of-seven format.
This is the first American League Championship Series since 2016 to not feature the Houston Astros, who were swept by the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card Series.This brought an end to the Astros' streak of seven consecutive ALCS appearances (2017–2023), the most consecutive LCS appearances in the American League and the second-most consecutive LCS appearances after the Atlanta Braves ...
The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, the Wild Card Game, with the winner advancing to meet the number one seed in the Division Series. For the 2020 postseason only, the field expanded to include three second-place teams per division, followed by the wild card teams represented by the next two best ...
Image source: Getty Images. China's stimulus plans. The Chinese government said this week it would implement "necessary fiscal spending" to get the country's economy on track to meet a 5% GDP ...
Baseball writers have long posited that the American League East is the toughest division in MLB; [1] [2] during its 50-year existence, an AL East team has gone on to play in the World Series 28 times, and 16 of those teams have been crowned World Series champions.
The winter season is off to a sizzling start! See which student-athletes were voted Athletes of the Week all season.
The last Powerball draw of 2024 happened shortly after 11 p.m. ET and we have the results below. Powerball winning numbers for 12/30/2024 The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Dec. 30 ...