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The 2011 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a best-of-seven playoff in Major League Baseball's 2011 postseason that pitted the winners of the 2011 American League Division Series (the second-seeded Texas Rangers and third-seeded Detroit Tigers), against each other for the American League.
The 2011 American League Division Series (abbreviated ALDS) were two best-of-five playoffs comprising the opening round of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2011 postseason, played to determine the participating teams in the 2011 American League Championship Series. Three divisional winners and a fourth team—a wild card—played in two series.
The 2011 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 2011 season. The winners of the Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series. This was the last postseason to feature the 8-team format, as next season ...
Became the first player in Major League history to hit an official walk-off grand slam in postseason history (against the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of the 2011 American League Championship Series). With that, Cruz also became the first batter to hit a walk-off hit in postseason for the Texas Rangers.
October 16 – A four-run first and four-run fourth power the St. Louis Cardinals to a 12–6 victory in Game 6 to win the 2011 National League Championship Series. October 19 – Chris Carpenter earns his eighth career postseason win in Game 1 of the 2011 World Series, passing Bob Gibson as the Cardinals' winningest pitcher in the postseason.
The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and advances to the World Series , MLB's championship series, to play the winner of the National League 's ...
The 2011 National League Division Series (abbreviated NLDS) were two best-of-five playoffs comprising the opening round of the Major League Baseball postseason, played to determine the participating teams in the 2011 National League Championship Series. Three divisional winners and a fourth team—a wild card—played in two series.
Game 5, which saw the Yankees advance to its first World Series since 2009 with a 5-2 victory in 10 innings, averaged 5.6 million, a 33% increase over Game 5 of last year's ALCS between the ...