2019 American League Division Series

2019 American League Division Series
2019 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Houston Astros (3)
Tampa Bay Rays (2)
Dates	October 4–10
Television	FS1; MLB Network (Game 3)
TV announcers	Kenny Albert, Joe Girardi, A. J. Pierzynski and Jon Paul Morosi (FS1); Bob Costas, Joe Girardi, Jim Kaat and Tom Verducci (MLBN)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dave Flemming and Jim Bowden
Umpires	Bruce Dreckman, James Hoye, Jerry Meals, D. J. Reyburn, John Tumpane, Mark Wegner (crew chief)
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
New York Yankees (3)
Minnesota Twins (0)
Dates	October 4–7
Television	MLB Network (Game 1); FS1
TV announcers	Bob 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)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Chris Singleton
Umpires	Lance Barksdale, Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Manny Gonzalez, Adrian Johnson, Todd Tichenor
ALWC	Tampa Bay Rays defeated Oakland Athletics, 5–1

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:

(1) Houston Astros (West Division champions) vs. (5) Tampa Bay Rays (Wild Card Game winner): Astros win series 3–2.
(2) New York Yankees (East Division champions) vs. (3) Minnesota Twins (Central Division champions): Yankees win series 3–0.

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.

^ "MLB Announces It's 2019 Postseason Schedule". MLB. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
^ "MLB Postseason". MLB.com. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ 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.

[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.

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