2020 American League Division Series

2020 American League Division Series
2020 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Tampa Bay Rays (3)
New York Yankees (2)
Dates	October 5–9
Television	TBS
TV announcers	Brian Anderson, Ron Darling and Lauren Shehadi
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Chris Singleton
Umpires	C. B. Bucknor, Mark Carlson (crew chief), Mike Estabrook, Marvin Hudson, David Rackley, Todd Tichenor
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Houston Astros (3)
Oakland Athletics (1)
Dates	October 5–8
Television	TBS
TV announcers	Don Orsillo, Jeff Francoeur and Matt Winer
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dave O'Brien, Jim Bowden (Games 1, 3–4) and Kyle Peterson (Game 2)
Umpires	Laz Díaz, Tripp Gibson, Ed Hickox, Adrian Johnson, Ron Kulpa, Jerry Meals (crew chief)
ALWC	Tampa Bay Rays over Toronto Blue Jays (2–0); Oakland Athletics over Chicago White Sox (2–1); New York Yankees over Cleveland Indians (2–0); Houston Astros over Minnesota Twins (2–0)

The 2020 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) expanded 2020 postseason to determine participating teams in the 2020 American League Championship Series. Those matchups were:

(1) Tampa Bay Rays (East Division champions) vs. (5) New York Yankees (East Division 2nd place): Rays win series 3–2.
(2) Oakland Athletics (West Division champions) vs. (6) Houston Astros (West Division 2nd place): Astros win series 3–1.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all games for each of the two series were held at two neutral sites at Petco Park in San Diego, California, and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. The games were televised nationally by TBS. The Rays would earn their second American League Championship Series berth, their first being in 2008, while the Astros won their fourth straight American League Division Series.

The Rays would go on to defeat the Astros in the ALCS, then lose the 2020 World Series to the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers.