American League Wild Card Playoff 2017

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American League Wild Card Playoff 2017
Attendees Regular season
Minnesota Twins - 4th 85-77, .525
New York Yankees - Aug. 91-71, .562
date 3rd October 2017
Venue Yankee Stadium
city New York City , New York
 <2016   2018> 
ALDS 2017 ALCS 2017 World Series 2017
Venue of the AL Wildcard Playoff 2017

The American League Wild Card Playoff 2017 is the game between the two wild card winners of the American League . The winner of this game competes in the American League Division Series 2017 against the best division winner of the AL. There will only be one game played on October 4th, 2016.

The pairing is:

Remaining in the postseason

Main articles: MLB 2017 , NLWC 2017 , NLDS 2017 , ALDS 2017 , NLCS 2017 , ALCS 2017 , World Series 2017


  Wild Card Games League Division Series League Championship Series World Series
                                     
2  Houston Astros 3
3  Boston Red Sox 1    
2  Houston Astros 4th
American League
  WC1  New York Yankees 3    
  1  Cleveland Indians 2
    WC1  New York Yankees 3
WC1  New York Yankees 8th
WC2  Minnesota Twins 4th   AL  Houston Astros 4th
  NL  Los Angeles Dodgers 3
2  Washington Nationals 2
3  Chicago Cubs 3    
3  Chicago Cubs 1
National League
  1  Los Angeles Dodgers 4th
  1  Los Angeles Dodgers 3
    WC1  Arizona Diamondbacks 0
WC1  Arizona Diamondbacks 11
WC2  Colorado Rockies 8th

Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven


Game summary

Tuesday October 3, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. EDT in Yankee Stadium , New York City , New York

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Minnesota Twins 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4th 9 1
New York Yankees 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 X 8th 9 0

WP : David Robertson (1–0)   LP : José Berríos (0–1)  

HRs :   MIN - Brian Dozier (1), Eddie Rosario (1) NYY - Didi Gregorius (1), Brett Gardner (1), Aaron Judge (1)

Individual evidence

  1. 2017 MLB Postseason Schedule. MLB.com, accessed October 2, 2017 .
  2. Boxscore: New York vs. Minnesota, Wild Card Game. MLB.com, accessed October 4, 2017 .