2004 American League Division Series
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| Dates | October 5 – 9 | ||||||||||||
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Fox (Games 1, 4) ESPN (Games 2–3) |
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| TV announcers |
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 1) Jon Miller, Joe Morgan (Games 2–3) Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 4) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman, Dave Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Charlie Reliford, Mark Wegner, Brian Gorman, Mike Everitt, Jerry Crawford, Paul Nauert | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 5 – 8 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe, Tony Gwynn | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | John Rooney, Buck Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Larry Young, Jerry Meals, Brian Runge, Gary Cederstrom, Ed Montague, Kerwin Danley | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Joe Torre | 101–61, .623, GA: 3 | |
| Minnesota Twins (1) | Ron Gardenhire | 92–70, .568, GA: 9 |
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| Boston Red Sox (3) | Terry Francona | 98–64, .605, GB: 3 | |
| Anaheim Angels (0) | Mike Scioscia | 92–70, .568, GA: 1 |
The 2004 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2004 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 5, and ended on Saturday, October 9, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:
The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Twins due to their winning the season series 6–4 against Minnesota. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Yankees played the Twins, rather than the wild card Red Sox, because the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same division.
The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Red Sox became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series for their first World Championship since 1918.
New York won the series, 3–1.
Boston won the series, 3–0.
Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York
Pitching dominated in Game 1 as Mike Mussina faced Johan Santana. The Twins got on the board first when Shannon Stewart singled home Michael Cuddyer. Then in the sixth, Jacque Jones hit a solo home run to make it 2–0. The Yankees got nine hits and numerous walks but never capitalized on Santana, Juan Rincón, or closer Joe Nathan as the Yankees hit into five double plays. As of 2016[update], this is the last postseason game won by the Twins.
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