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2022 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Houston Astros (1) Dusty Baker 106–56 (.654), GA: 16
Seattle Mariners (0) Scott Servais 90–72 (.556), GB: 16
DatesOctober 11–16
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersBrian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur and Matt Winer
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDave O'Brien and Marly Rivera
UmpiresCory Blaser, Pat Hoberg, James Hoye, Marvin Hudson (crew chief), Carlos Torres, Jansen Visconti
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
New York Yankees (1) Aaron Boone 99–63 (.611), GA: 7
Cleveland Guardians (0) Terry Francona 92–70 (.568), GA: 11
DatesOctober 11–16
TelevisionTBS
TV announcersBob Costas, Ron Darling and Lauren Shehadi
RadioESPN
Radio announcersDan Shulman and Eduardo Pérez
UmpiresJordan Baker, Dan Iassogna (crew chief), Will Little, Alan Porter, Jeremie Rehak, Mark Ripperger
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The 2022 American League Division Series (ALDS) are the two best-of-five playoff series in Major League Baseball (MLB) to determine the participating teams of the 2022 American League Championship Series. These matchups are:

Background

The first two seeds are determined by regular season winning percentages. The final two teams are the winner of the American League Wild Card Series, played between the league's third to sixth seeded teams.

The Houston Astros (106–56) clinched the American League West on September 19 and the first seed in the American League on September 27, thus earning them a bye from the American League Wild Card Series and homefield advantage throughout the American League playoff.[1] Houston is making their sixth straight postseason appearance and seventh in eight seasons. They will play the Seattle Mariners (90–72), who defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card Series to advance to the ALDS. The Mariners are making their first division series appearance since 2001. The Astros won 12 of the 19 games they played versus the Mariners in the regular season.[2]

The New York Yankees (99–63) clinched the American League East and a bye from the American League Wild Card Series on September 27.[3] This is New York's sixth straight postseason appearance and first as the AL East winner since 2019. They will play the third-seeded Cleveland Guardians (92–70), who clinched a division series berth by beating the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Wild Card Series in two games. The Guardians are making their first division series appearance since 2018 and first under the Guardians moniker. New York won five of the six regular season games versus Cleveland.[4]

Matchups

Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners

Houston leads the series, 1–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 11 Seattle Mariners – 7, Houston Astros – 8 Minute Maid Park 3:39 41,125 
2 October 13 Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Minute Maid Park 3:37 pm ET
3 October 15 Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park 4:07 pm ET
4 October 16† Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners T-Mobile Park 3:07 pm ET
5 October 17† Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros Minute Maid Park 5:07 pm ET -

New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians

New York leads the series, 1–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 11 Cleveland Guardians – 1, New York Yankees – 4 Yankee Stadium 2:56 47,807 
2 October 13 Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees Yankee Stadium 7:37 pm ET
3 October 15 New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians Progressive Field 7:37 pm ET
4 October 16† New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians Progressive Field 7:07 pm ET
5 October 17† Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees Yankee Stadium 7:37 pm ET -

† If necessary

Houston vs. Seattle

This is the first postseason meeting between Seattle and Houston. During the regular season, the Astros finished first in the American League West, 16 games in front of the second place Mariners.

Game 1

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 2:37 pm (CDT) at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas 73 °F (23 °C), roof closed
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 13 0
Houston 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 8 11 0
WP: Rafael Montero (1–0)   LP: Robbie Ray (0–1)
Home runs:
SEA: J. P. Crawford (1), Eugenio Suárez (1)
HOU: Yuli Gurriel (1), Alex Bregman (1), Yordan Álvarez (1)
Attendance: 41,125
Boxscore

Three days after Seattle made history with a comeback to end a series, they made history on the other side of it. Seattle led in all nine innings before losing the game on the final pitch of the game. Justin Verlander was tagged for six runs in four innings as the starter for Houston (in his first postseason game since 2019) while Logan Gilbert allowed three runs in five innings for Seattle.

In the ninth inning, Paul Sewald hit David Hensley with a pitch and allowed a Jeremy Pena single while only getting two outs. Robbie Ray, who had last pitched on Saturday, was brought in to face Yordan Alvarez. On the second pitch, Alvarez slammed the ball into deep right field for a walk-off home run. It was the first postseason walk-off win for the Astros since Game 5 of the 2020 American League Championship Series, the first walk-off postseason home run by a trailing team since Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, and the only second walk-off postseason home run in history to be hit with a team down to their final out, with the only one being in the 1988 World Series (all walk-off postseason home runs by the trailing team were with a deficit of one run before this game).[5]

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022 2:37 pm (CDT) at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas 73 °F (23 °C), roof closed
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Houston - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Starting pitchers:
SEA: Luis Castillo (0–0)
HOU: Framber Valdez (0–0)
Boxscore

Game 3

Saturday, October 15, 2022 1:07pm (PDT) at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Seattle - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Starting pitchers:
HOU: Lance McCullers Jr. (0–0)
SEA: George Kirby (0–0)
Boxscore

New York vs. Cleveland

This is the sixth postseason meeting between the Yankees and Guardians, with both teams splitting their first four postseason meetings. The Guardians (then named Indians) previously won the 1997 American League Division Series 3–2 and the 2007 American League Division Series 3–1, while the Yankees previously won the 1998 American League Championship Series 4–2 and the 2017 American League Division Series 3–2. The fifth and latest meeting came during the 2020 American League Wild Card Series when New York swept Cleveland in two games. However, among the starting nine for Cleveland in 2020 for both games, just José Ramírez and Josh Naylor remain.

Game 1

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7:37 pm (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York 64 °F (18 °C), clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
New York 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 X 4 5 1
WP: Gerrit Cole (1–0)   LP: Cal Quantrill (0–1)
Home runs:
CLE: Steven Kwan (1)
NYY: Harrison Bader (1), Anthony Rizzo (1)
Attendance: 47,807
Boxscore

Despite making the postseason each of the last two seasons, the Yankees are playing in their first home postseason game since October 18, 2019.

Steven Kwan homered off of Gerrit Cole to right field to make it 1–0 Guardians in the third inning. The homerun Cole gave up marked his seventh postseason appearance giving up a home run, tied for the most home runs given up in consecutive postseason appearances. In the bottom of the third, the Yankees struck back as Harrison Bader hit a solo shot to left to tie the game. In the fifth Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a triple to right field and catcher Jose Trevino had a sacrifice fly scoring Kiner-Falefa to make it 2–1. Then in the bottom of the sixth Aaron Judge walked and stole second base and went to third due to a throwing error by Austin Hedges attempting to pick Judge off. The next batter Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run home run scoring Judge from third to extend the Yankees lead to 4–1. After giving up the homerun to Kwan, Cole bounced back as he pitched 6+13 innings, allowing four hits, one walk, hitting one batter, and striking out eight batters to get the win. Clay Holmes faced the final two batters in the ninth and closed out the 4–1 victory. With the win, this marked the sixth straight postseason victory over the Guardians starting from the Yankees' 2–0 comeback in the 2017 ALDS.

Game 2

Thursday, October 13, 2022 7:37 pm (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
New York - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Starting pitchers:
CLE: Shane Bieber (0–0)
NYY: Nestor Cortés Jr. (0–0)
Boxscore

Game 3

Saturday, October 15, 2022 7:37pm (EDT) at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Cleveland - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0
Starting pitchers:
NYY: Luis Severino (0–0)
CLE: Triston McKenzie (0–0)
Boxscore

See also

References

  1. ^ Vita, Jack. "Houston Astros Clinch American League West, First Round Playoff Bye". Sports Illustrated (FanNation). Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 MLB Baseball Standings Grid". ESPN.com. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ Waldstein, David (September 28, 2022). "Yankees Clinch a First-Round Bye as Judge's Wait Continues". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Goodman, Max. "Rays or Guardians? Yankees React to 'Tough' Possible Matchups For ALDS". Sports Illustrated NY Yankees News, Analysis and More.
  5. ^ Passan, Jeff (October 11, 2022). "Yordan Alvarez hits 3-run walk-off HR as Astros win Game 1". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 12, 2022.