American League Championship Series 2018
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| Date: | October 13-18 | ||||||
| MVP: | Jackie Bradley Jr. (BOS) | ||||||
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| ALDS 2018 | World Series 2018 | ||||||
The American League Championship Series 2018 (ALCS), in the sport of baseball , took place between October 13th and 18th, 2018. In it, the winners of the American League Division Series 2018 competed against each other to determine the winner of the American League and thus their representative in the 2018 World Series . It was a best-of-seven series.
The pairing read:
- (1) Boston Red Sox (East Division Champion, 108–54) versus (2) Houston Astros (West Division Champion, 103–59)
2018 American League Championship Series venues. |
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Way into the Championship Series and further whereabouts
→ Main articles: MLB 2018 , ALWC 2018 , NLWC 2018 , ALDS 2018 , NLDS 2018 , NLCS 2018 , World Series 2018
The 2018 postseason developed as follows.
| Wild Card Games | League Division Series | League Championship Series | World Series | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston Astros | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Cleveland Indians | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Houston Astros | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| American League | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston Red Sox | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston Red Sox | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | New York Yankees | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | New York Yankees | 7th | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Oakland Athletics | 2 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 4th | |||||||||||||
| NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Atlanta Braves | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4th | ||||||||||||||||
| National League | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee Brewers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Milwaukee Brewers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Colorado Rockies | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th | Chicago Cubs | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Colorado Rockies | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven
Results overview
| game | date | guest | Result | home | Total status | place | Playtime | spectator | box |
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| Game 1 | October 13, 2018 | Houston Astros | 7-2 | Boston Red Sox | 1–0 | Fenway Park | 4:03 | 38.007 | |
| Game 2 | October 14, 2018 | Houston Astros | 5-7 | Boston Red Sox | 1-1 | Fenway Park | 3:45 | 37,960 | |
| Game 3 | October 16, 2018 | Boston Red Sox | 8-2 | Houston Astros | 2–1 | Minute Maid Park | 3:52 | 43.102 | |
| Game 4 | 17th October 2018 | Boston Red Sox | 8-6 | Houston Astros | 3–1 | Minute Maid Park | 4:33 | 43,277 | |
| Game 5 | October 18, 2018 | Boston Red Sox | 4–1 | Houston Astros | 4–1 | Minute Maid Park | 3:32 | 43.210 | |
| Boston wins the series 4–1. | |||||||||
Game summaries
Game 1
October 13, 2018 at 8:09 pm EDT at Fenway Park in Boston , Massachusetts
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 7th | 5 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
WP : Justin Verlander (1–0) LP : Joe Kelly (0–1)
HRs : HOU - Josh Reddick (1), Yuli Gurriel (1)Game 2
October 14, 2018, 1:09 pm EDT at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7th | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 7th | 9 | 0 |
WP : Matt Barnes (1–0) LP : Gerrit Cole (0–1) SV : Craig Kimbrel (1)
HRs : HOU - Marwin González (1)Game 3
October 16, 2018 at 11:09 pm EDT at Minute Maid Park , Houston , Texas
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8th | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7th | 0 |
Game 4
October 17, 2018 at 2:39 pm EDT at Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8th | 11 | 1 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6th | 13 | 0 |
WP : Joe Kelly (1–1) LP : Josh James (0–1) SV : Craig Kimbrel (2)
HRs : BOS - Jackie Bradley Jr. (2) HOU - Tony Kemp (1)Game 5
October 18, 2018 at 2:09 pm EDT at Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
| team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | R. | H | E. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | 8th | 0 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
WP : David Price (1–0) LP : Justin Verlander (1–1) SV : Craig Kimbrel (3)
HRs : BOS - JD Martinez (1), Rafael Devers (1) HOU - Marwin González (2)Individual evidence
- ↑ JBJ's 9 RBIs vs. Astros earn him the ALCS MVP. MLB.com, October 18, 2018, accessed October 19, 2018 .
- ↑ 2018 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed October 4, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Boxscore: Boston vs. Houston, Game 1. MLB.com, accessed October 14, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Boxscore: Boston vs. Houston, Game 2. MLB.com, accessed October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Boston, Game 3. MLB.com, accessed October 17, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Boston, Game 4. MLB.com, accessed October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Boxscore: Houston vs. Boston, Game 5. MLB.com, accessed October 19, 2018 .