Homers power Phillies; Yankees to ALCS
It's time for the Astros League Championship … er, the American League Championship Series.
The Astros haven't obtained automatic entry into this portion of the postseason; it just feels that way now that they've advanced to the ALCS for the sixth straight year (the Braves of 1991-99 are the only other team to reach the LCS round at least six consecutive years).
But the other end of this ALCS is also familiar. Because, for the third time in this streak, the Astros will be pitted against a Yankees team that is hoping to reach the World Series for the first time since 2009. The Yankees, who come into this series directly off their Game 5 win over Cleveland in the ALDS on Tuesday, have yet to defeat Houston in the playoffs, losing the 2015 AL Wild Card Game and the ALCS in both '17 and '19.
Before the ALCS begins Wednesday at Minute Maid Park (otherwise known as the ALCS Capital of the World), let's see how the top-seeded 'Stros and second-seed Yanks match up, position by position. |
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One game after Josh Naylor's "rock the baby" home run celebration for the Guardians, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres returned the favor following the final out of the ALDS. "Revenge," Torres said. "Now they can watch on TV." |
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Now that we are down to four teams, that means there are four possible World Series matchups. We have seen each of these pairings in the postseason before, but which would we most like to see now? |
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MLB.com polled its reporters and analysts for their ALCS predictions, asking which team will win, how many games the series will last and who will be named ALCS MVP. |
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Shohei Ohtani is one of the best hitters in baseball. He is also one of the best starting pitchers in baseball. So why not try his hand at being a closer? He reportedly might do just that in the upcoming World Baseball Classic for Japan. |
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The Phillies and Padres were the final two seeds in the NL playoff field, but their rosters during their runs to the NLCS are notably different from how the teams looked during the regular season. |
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| The 2022 Official MLB ALCS & NLCS Program digital editions are here, packed with exclusive feature stories and loaded with great content. |
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MLB Tonight is live before and after today's NLCS Game 2 and ALCS Game 1. Plus, MLB Network will air ALCS Game 1 exclusively in Spanish presented by loanDepot at 7:37 p.m. ET. |
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Which teammates have homered in the same postseason game the most times in AL/NL history? |
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