2021 American League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 7–11 | ||||||||||||
Television | FS1 MLB Network (Game 3) | ||||||||||||
TV announcers | Joe Davis, John Smoltz and Ken Rosenthal (FS1) Matt Vasgersian, John Smoltz and Ken Rosenthal (MLBN) | ||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Xavier Scruggs | ||||||||||||
Umpires | Dan Bellino, Greg Gibson, Sam Holbrook (crew chief), Brian Knight, Ron Kulpa, D.J. Reyburn | ||||||||||||
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Dates | October 7–12 | ||||||||||||
Television | FS1 MLB Network (Game 2) | ||||||||||||
TV announcers | Adam Amin, A. J. Pierzynski, Adam Wainwright (Games 3 and 4), and Tom Verducci (FS1) Bob Costas, Jim Kaat, Buck Showalter and Tom Verducci (MLBN) | ||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Kevin Brown and Chris Burke | ||||||||||||
Umpires | Lance Barrett, Vic Carapazza, Chris Conroy, Chad Fairchild, Tom Hallion (crew chief), Adam Hamari | ||||||||||||
ALWC | Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees, 6–2 | ||||||||||||
The 2021 American League Division Series were the two best-of-five-games series in Major League Baseball (MLB) that determined the participating teams of the 2021 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners, seeded first through third, and a fourth team—determined by the AL Wild Card Game—played in two series. These matchups were:
The team with the better regular season record (higher seed) of each series hosted Games 1, 2, and (if necessary) 5, while the lower seeded team hosted Game 3 and (if necessary) 4.[1][2] Following the series, the Red Sox and Astros met in the 2021 American League Championship Series, with the Astros winning the series, 4 games to 2. The Astros would go on to lose the 2021 World Series to the National League champion Atlanta Braves, 4 games to 2.