American League Division Series - Games Three, Four, and Five

Before the American League Championship Series begins this Sunday night in Toronto, let’s recap the conclusion of the ALDS. The Blue Jays offense continued to torment the Yankees pitching staff en route to a 3 games to one series victory. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. was unreal, driving in runs in every single game of the series. Nathan Lukes, who had spent nearly a decade toiling as a minor league journeyman, once again came up huge against the Yankee pen. The top team in the American League appears poised to win their first pennant in over 30 years.

Meanwhile the Mariners outlasted the Tigers in an epic fifteen inning game five. The Tigers took them to the brink, and then some. Tarik Skubal, Will Vest, and Kerry Carpenter did all they could to try and advance, but AJ Hinch’s squad just couldn’t produce enough offense. Apart from a game four implosion, Seattle’s arms were dominant against Detroit, but they’ll have their work cut out for them facing the firepower of Toronto.

New York Yankees (94-68) @ Toronto Blue Jays (94-68)

Toronto Radio SN590 - Ben Shulman and Chris Leroux

New York Radio WFAN - Dave Sims and Suzyn Waldman

Detroit Tigers (87-75) @ Seattle Mariners (90-72)

Seattle Radio KIRO - Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith

Detroit Radio 97.1 the Ticket - Dan Dickerson, Dan Petry

Audio clips from MLB.tv

As always, thank you to Baseball Reference and SABR for statistics, box scores, background information, and much, much more.

Catch you next time,

P.C.O.