2001 ALCS

The 2001 American League Championship Series was a rematch of the 2000 ALCS between the New York Yankees, who had come off a dramatic comeback against the Oakland Athletics in the Division Series after being down two games to zero, and the Seattle Mariners, who won an American League record 116 regular season games and had won their Division Series against the Cleveland Indians. The series had additional poignancy, coming immediately after downtown New York City was devastated by the events of September 11, 2001. (The series was played in late October due to Major League Baseball temporarily shutting down in the wake of the attacks).

Though the Mariners had home field advantage, unlike the 2000 ALCS where the Yankees had home field advantage, the Yankees' mystique after their miraculous comeback against Oakland proved too overpowering and the Yankees won the first two games in Seattle. The Mariners' manager, former Yankee player and manager Lou Piniella, guaranteed after game two that the Mariners would win at least two of the next three games in New York to return the series to Seattle. However, he turned out to be wrong as the Yankees closed out the series in New York, beating the Mariners 4 games to 1. The series ended with a 12-3 Yankees victory in Game 5.

1 Summary
- 1.1 New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners
2 Game summaries
3 Composite Box
4 Quotes of the Series
5 Notes
6 External links

Summary

New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners

New York wins the series, 4-1

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	New York Yankees - 4, Seattle Mariners - 2	October 17	Safeco Field	47,644¹
2	New York Yankees - 3, Seattle Mariners - 2	October 18	Safeco Field	47,791²
3	Seattle Mariners - 14, New York Yankees - 3	October 20	Yankee Stadium	56,517³
4	Seattle Mariners - 1, New York Yankees - 3	October 21	Yankee Stadium	56,375⁴
5	Seattle Mariners - 3, New York Yankees - 12	October 22	Yankee Stadium	56,370⁵

Game summaries

Game 1

Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	0
Seattle	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	0

WP: Andy Pettitte (1-0) LP: Aaron Sele (0-1) SV: Mariano Rivera (1)
HRs: NYY – Paul O'Neill (1)

The Game 1 starting date was the latest date ever for a starting game of an ALCS.

Game 2

Thursday, October 18, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1
Seattle	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0

WP: Mike Mussina (1-0) LP: Freddy Garcia (0-1) SV: Mariano Rivera (2)
HRs: SEA – Stan Javier (1)

Game 3

Saturday, October 20, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	1	2	14	15	0
New York	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	2

WP: Jamie Moyer (1-0) LP: Orlando Hernández (0-1)
HRs: SEA – Bret Boone (1), Jay Buhner (1), John Olerud (1) NYY – Bernie Williams (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 21, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
New York	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	0

WP: Mariano Rivera (1-0) LP: Kazuhiro Sasaki (0-1)
HRs: SEA – Bret Boone (2) NYY – Bernie Williams (2), Alfonso Soriano (1)

Game 5

Monday, October 22, 2001 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	1
New York	0	0	4	1	0	4	0	3	X	12	13	1

WP: Andy Pettitte (2-0) LP: Aaron Sele (0-2)
HRs: NYY – Bernie Williams (3), Tino Martinez (1), Paul O'Neill (2)

Composite Box

2001 ALCS (4-1): New York Yankees over Seattle Mariners

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	2	4	4	3	0	4	0	5	3	25	42	4
Seattle Mariners	0	0	0	2	3	7	5	2	3	22	36	1
Total Attendance: 264,697 Average Attendance: 52,939

Quotes of the Series

Soriano into deep right, Ichiro back, at the wall...Yankees win!

—FOX Sports Joe Buck calling Alfonso Soriano's dramatic walkoff home run in Game 4.

Before you guys start asking questions let me start by saying We're gonna be back here (Seattle) for Game 6, I told the people out there the same thing, I guarantee you we will be back here for Game 6.

—A furious Mariners' manager Lou Piniella at the press conference room after Game 2 loss to the Yankees in Seattle.

Notes

^ "2001 ALCS Game 1 - New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners". Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
^ "2001 ALCS Game 2 - New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners". Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
^ "2001 ALCS Game 3 - Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
^ "2001 ALCS Game 4 - Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.
^ "2001 ALCS Game 5 - Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees". Retrosheet. Retrieved on 2008-07-01.

External links

2001 ALCS at Baseball-Reference.com

2001 Major League Baseball Playoffs
2001 World Series
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National League Championship Series National League Division Series NL Playoff teams: Arizona \| Atlanta \| Houston \| St. Louis

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