2017 American League Championship Series
The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Houston Astros against the 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 games after falling behind three games to two. The home team won every game in the series.
| 2017 American League Championship Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 13–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Justin Verlander (Houston) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Mark Carlson (Games 3–7), Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), Chad Fairchild (Games 1–2), Chris Guccione, Jerry Meals, Jim Reynolds, Hunter Wendelstedt | |||||||||
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| Television | FS1 (Games 1, 3–7) Fox (Game 2) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton | |||||||||
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This was the first time in history that the ALCS and NLCS teams were from the four most populous U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.
For the first time, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; this ALCS was sponsored by Camping World and was officially known as the American League Championship Series presented by Camping World.
The Astros went on to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series in seven games, winning their first World Series championship in franchise history.