2001 American League Division Series
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| Dates | October 9–15 | ||||||||||||
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Fox (Games 1, 3, 5) FOX Family (Games 2, 4) |
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| TV announcers | Josh Lewin, Rex Hudler | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 10–15 | ||||||||||||
| Television | Fox | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers |
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Games 1–2) Thom Brennaman, Steve Lyons (Games 3–5) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Umpires |
Steve Rippley, Ted Barrett, Kerwin Danley, Jerry Layne, Mark Hirschbeck, Ron Kulpa (Mariners–Indians, Games 1–2, 5; Yankees–Athletics, Games 3–4) Dana DeMuth, Jeff Nelson, Paul Schrieber, Rick Reed, Ed Rapuano, Greg Gibson (Yankees–Athletics, Games 1–2, 5; Mariners-Indians, Games 3–4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Seattle Mariners (3) | Lou Piniella | 116–46, .716, GA: 14 | |
| Cleveland Indians (2) | Charlie Manuel | 91–71, .562, GA: 6 |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Joe Torre | 95–65, .594, GA: 13½ | |
| Oakland Athletics (2) | Art Howe | 102–60, .630, GB: 14 |
The 2001 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2001 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 9, and ended on Monday, October 15, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage (Games 1, 2 and 5 at home), which was determined by playing record. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Mariners played the Indians, rather than the wild card Athletics, because the Mariners and Athletics are in the same division.
The Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Yankees became the American League champion, and lost to the National League champion Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
Seattle won the series, 3–2.
New York won the series, 3–2.
Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington
In Game 1, the Indians held the Mariners scoreless. Bartolo Colón pitched brilliantly, giving up six hits and no runs in eight innings while fanning 10. The highlight for Seattle was the hitting performance of Ichiro Suzuki, who went 3 for 4 in his playoff debut.
Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington
In the first inning, Seattle made up for Game 1 by scoring four runs in the first inning, headlined by two two-run blasts by Mike Cameron and Edgar Martínez. David Bell helped the cause with an insurance homer in the fifth. Jamie Moyer kept the Indians at bay with one run in six innings, and the trio of Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes, and Kazuhiro Sasaki sealed the deal out of the bullpen.
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