2009 American League Championship Series
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| Dates | October 16 – 25 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | CC Sabathia (New York) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Tim McClelland (crew chief), Laz Diaz, Bill Miller, Jerry Layne, Fieldin Culbreth, Dale Scott | ||||||||||||
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| Television | Fox | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck and Tim McCarver | ||||||||||||
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ESPN (national) WCBS-AM (Yankees) KLAA-AM (Angels) |
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| Radio announcers |
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (ESPN) John Sterling and Suzyn Waldman (WCBS) Terry Smith and Rory Markas (KLAA) |
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (4) | Joe Girardi | 103–59, .636, GA: 8 | |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2) | Mike Scioscia | 97–65, .599, GA: 10 |
The 2009 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 2009 American League playoffs, was a best-of-seven game series matching the two winners of the 2009 American League Division Series. The AL East Division champions, the New York Yankees, defeated the AL West Division champions, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, four games to two, to advance to the 2009 World Series, their first since 2003. This was the third time that these two teams faced each other in the playoffs. They met in the 2002 ALDS and 2005 ALDS with the Angels winning both series by 3–1 and 3–2. New York, with a better regular-season record than Los Angeles, held home-field advantage. The series, the 39th in league history, began on October 16 and ended on October 25. Fox Sports carried all games with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the broadcast booth. Starting with the 2009 season, weeknight games began 40 minutes earlier as suggested by Commissioner Bud Selig.
The Yankees won the series four games to two, and went on to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 4–2 in the World Series.
New York won the series, 4–2.
† Game 6 was originally scheduled to be played on Saturday, October 24, but was postponed because of rain.
Friday, October 16, 2009 — 7:57 PM (ET) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
On a blustery night where the official game time temperature was 45 °F (7 °C), starter CC Sabathia limited the Angels to one run on four hits and a walk in eight innings, striking out seven in a 4–1 Yankee win.
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