2000 American League Championship Series

The 2000 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a matchup between the East Division champion New York Yankees and the Wild Card Seattle Mariners. The Yankees had advanced to the Series after beating the West Division champion Oakland Athletics in the ALDS three games to two and the Mariners advanced by beating the Central Division champion Chicago White Sox three games to none. The Yankees won the Series four games to two and went on to defeat the New York Mets in the World Series.

Summary

New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners

New York won the series, 4–2.

Game summaries

Game 1

Tuesday, October 10, 2000 at Yankee Stadium (I) in Bronx, New York

Game 1 at Yankee Stadium started as a pitchers' duel between Mariners' Freddy García and Yankees' Denny Neagle. Neither team would score until the top of the fifth when Mark McLemore hit a two-out ground rule double off Neagle before scoring on a Rickey Henderson single. Alex Rodriguez homered in the sixth to make it 2–0 Mariners. The Yankees could not score any runs off García or three Mariner relievers and Seattle took a 1–0 series lead.