2002 American League Division Series
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| Dates | October 1 – 5 | ||||||||||||
| Television |
Fox (Games 1–2, 4) ABC Family (Game 3) |
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| TV announcers |
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Games 1–2) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Game 3) Thom Brennaman, Tim McCarver (Game 4) |
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| Radio |
ESPN (National) KLAC (ANA) |
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| Radio announcers |
Dan Shulman, Dave Campbell (ESPN Radio) Rory Markas, Terry Smith (KLAC) |
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| Dates | October 1 – 6 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ABC Family | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers |
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Games 1–2, 5) Dave O'Brien, Tony Gwynn, Rick Sutcliffe (Games 3–4) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | John Rooney, Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires |
Jerry Crawford, Doug Eddings, Jim Joyce, Mike Winters, Tim McClelland, Fieldin Culbreth (Yankees–Angels, Games 1–2; Athletics–Twins, Games 3–4) Gerry Davis, Chuck Meriwether, Alfonso Márquez, Derryl Cousins, Joe West, Laz Díaz (Athletics–Twins, Games 1–2, 5; Yankees–Angels, Games 3–4) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Anaheim Angels (3) | Mike Scioscia | 99–63, .611, GB: 4 | |
| New York Yankees (1) | Joe Torre | 103–58, .640, GA: 10½ |
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| Minnesota Twins (3) | Ron Gardenhire | 94–67, .584, GA: 13½ | |
| Oakland Athletics (2) | Art Howe | 103–59, .636, GA: 4 |
The 2002 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2002 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 1, and ended on Sunday, October 6, 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. The Yankees were not required to make up one remaining game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, potentially allowing the Athletics to tie them for the best record, because they had a 5–4 advantage over Oakland in head-to-head play and thus would win the tiebreaker for home field advantage through the playoffs.
The Division Series saw the wild card-qualifying Angels beat the defending league champion Yankees, and the Twins defeat the Athletics in a startling upset. The Angels and Twins went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Angels became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion San Francisco Giants in the 2002 World Series.
Anaheim won the series, 3–1.
Minnesota won the series, 3–2.
Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
The game went back and forth with the Angels taking a 5–4 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning. Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia brought in Scott Schoeneweis to pitch to Jason Giambi, who tied the game with an RBI single. Scioscia then brought in Brendan Donnelly to face Bernie Williams who hit a three-run homer to take an 8–5 lead which would hold, and give the Yankees a Game 1 victory.
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