2019 American League Championship Series
The 2019 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series between the two winners of the 2019 American League Division Series, the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in six games, advancing to face the 2019 National League champions, the Washington Nationals, whom they lost to in seven games.
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| Dates | October 12–19 | |||||||||
| MVP | José Altuve (Houston) | |||||||||
| Umpires | Dan Bellino, Cory Blaser, Mark Carlson, Kerwin Danley, Mike Everitt (crew chief, Games 4–6), Marvin Hudson, Jeff Nelson (crew chief, Games 1–3), Bill Welke | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (Game 1) FS1 (Games 2–6) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck (Games 1–3, 5–6), Joe Davis (Game 4), John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Chris Singleton and Buster Olney | |||||||||
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The series was played in a 2–3–2 format, with the Astros, having the better regular season record, hosting the first two and last two (if necessary) games. The series was the 50th in league history, with Fox/FS1 televising all games in the United States.
For the third straight year, Major League Baseball sold presenting sponsorships to all of its postseason series; as with the NLCS, this ALCS was sponsored by GEICO and officially known as the 2019 American League Championship Series presented by GEICO.