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The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2017 postseason pitting the second-seeded Houston Astros against the fourth-seeded New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series.
The Yankees hosted the game, as they finished the regular season with a better win–loss record. This was the Astros' first postseason appearance as an AL team, and first overall since 2005, while the Yankees appeared in the postseason for the first time since 2012. As such, this was the first postseason meeting between the Astros and the Yankees.
The Astros shut out the Yankees 3–0 to advance to the ALDS. This was the first postseason series win by the Astros since winning the National League pennant in 2005 . Both teams would meet again in the ALCS in 2017 , 2019 , and 2022 , all won by the Astros.
This series is a continuation of the recent Astros–Yankees rivalry, as it marked the fourth time the two clubs have faced off in the playoffs and the third in the ALCS. The Astros previously defeated the Yankees in the 2015 Wild Card, the 2017 ALCS, and the 2019 ALCS. Houston won five of the seven games against New York during the regular ...
The Astros swept the Yankees to return to the World Series for the fourth time in six years (in the process denying a rematch of the 2009 World Series between the Yankees and Phillies). The Astros took Game 1 thanks to a solid pitching performance by Justin Verlander, and in Game 2 the Astros held off a late Yankees rally to go up 2–0 in the ...
The Astros held off a late rally by the Yankees to win Game 1. In Game 2, Justin Verlander pitched a complete game as the Astros won by a 2–1 score again to go up 2–0 in the series. In the Bronx, the Yankees blew out the Astros in Game 3 to get on the board in the series.
The 2019 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball's 2019 postseason between the two winners of the 2019 American League Division Series; the overall #1 seed Houston Astros and the second-seeded New York Yankees, for the American League (AL) pennant and the right to play in the 2019 World Series.
(2) New York Yankees (AL East champions) vs. (3) Cleveland Guardians (AL Central champions, Wild Card Series winner): Yankees win series 3–2. The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosted Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team hosted Game 3 and (if necessary) 4.