1996 American League Championship Series

Infobox LCS
alcs = yes


year = 1996
champion = New York Yankees (4)
champion_manager = Joe Torre
champion_games = 92-70, .568, GA: 4
runnerup = Baltimore Orioles (1)
runnerup_manager = Davey Johnson
runnerup_games = 88-74, .543, GB: 4
date = October 9–October 13
MVP = Bernie Williams (New York)
television = NBC
announcers = Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker
radio_network = CBS Radio
radio_announcers = John Rooney and Gary Cohen
umpires = Larry Barnett, Dale Scott, Mike Reilly, Dan Morrison, Rocky Roe, Rich Garcia
LDS1 = Baltimore Orioles over Cleveland Indians (3-1)
LDS2 = New York Yankees over Texas Rangers (3-1)The 1996 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the second round of the 1996 American League playoffs, matched the Eastern Division champion New York Yankees against the Wild Card team, the Baltimore Orioles. The Yankees had the home field advantage; the advantage was predetermined, and assigned to the Central Division champion or their opponent in the previous round "unless" that opponent was the wild card team and was victorious (the wild card team was then prohibited from having home field advantage in any round of the AL playoffs).

Background

The two teams were victorious in the AL Division Series (ALDS), with the Yankees defeating the Western Division champion Texas Rangers 3 games to 1, and the Orioles defeating the Central Division champion Cleveland Indians 3 games to 1. The Yankees won the series 4 games to 1 to become the American League champions, and won against the National League champion Atlanta Braves in the 1996 World Series.

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Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees

New York wins the series, 4-1

Game summaries

Game 1

Wednesday, October 9, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New YorkLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=0|R2=1|R3=1|R4=1|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|RR=4|RH=11|RE=1
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=1|H9=0|H10=0|H11=1|HR=5|HH=11|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Mariano Rivera (1-0)|LP=Randy Myers (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Brady Anderson (1), Rafael Palmeiro (1)|HomeHR=Bernie Williams (1), Derek Jeter (1)|

The series' first game is notable for an incident in which a young fan named Jeffrey Maier reached over the railing and caught a fly ball, turning an out into a home run.

Game 2

Thursday, October 10, 1996 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New YorkLinescore
Road=Baltimore|RoadAbr=BAL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=2|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=1|R9=0|RR=5|RH=10|RE=0
Home=New York|HomeAbr=NYY
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=0|HR=3|HH=11|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=David Wells (1-0)|LP=Jeff Nelson (0-1)|SV=Armando Benitez (1)
RoadHR=Todd Zeile (1), Rafael Palmeiro (2)|HomeHR=|

Game 3

Friday, October 11, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=4|R9=0|RR=5|RH=8|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=3|HE=2
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Jimmy Key (1-0)|LP=Mike Mussina (0-1)|SV=John Wetteland (1)
RoadHR=Cecil Fielder (1)|HomeHR=Todd Zeile (2)|

Game 4

Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=2|R2=1|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=0|RR=8|RH=9|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=1|H2=0|H3=1|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=11|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=David Weathers (1-0)|LP= [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coppiro01.shtml Rocky Coppinger] (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Bernie Williams (2), Darryl Strawberry 2 (2), Paul O'Neill (1)|HomeHR=Chris Hoiles (1)|

Game 5

Sunday, October 13, 1996 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MarylandLinescore
Road=New York|RoadAbr=NYY
R1=0|R2=0|R3=6|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=11|RE=0
Home=Baltimore|HomeAbr=BAL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=1|H9=2|HR=4|HH=4|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Andy Pettitte (1-0)|LP=Scott Erickson (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Cecil Fielder (2), Darryl Strawberry (3), Jim Leyritz (1)|HomeHR=Todd Zeile (3), Bobby Bonilla (1), Eddie Murray (1)|

Composite Box

1996 ALCS (4-1): New York Yankees over Baltimore OriolesLinescore
Road=New York Yankees
R1=5|R2=2|R3=6|R4=3|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=8|R9=0|R10=0|R11=1|RR=27|RH=50|RE=1
Home=Baltimore Orioles
H1=3|H2=1|H3=4|H4=3|H5=0|H6=2|H7=2|H8=2|H9=2|H10=0|H11=0|HR=19|HH=39|HE=4Total Attendance: 261,254 Average Attendance: 52,251|

ee also

*Jeffrey Maier

Quotes of the Series

*cquote|"A bouncer to deep short, [Derek] Jeter...long throw...diving is Cal [Ripken] but he can't get there in time! And the Yankees win the pennant!" - Bob Costas, calling the final out.

*cquote|"Tarasco, going back to the track, to the wall...(Maier steals ball) AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE? HE CONTENDS THAT A FAN REACHES UP AND TOUCHES IT! BUT RICHIE GARCIA SAYS NO...It's a home run! Here comes Davey Johnson, out to argue as Jeter comes across to tie the game." - Bob Costas calls the controversial Jeter home run in Game 1.

*cquote|"And here's a drive to left. IT'S MIGHTY HIGH, IT'S MIGHTY FAR...AND GOODNIGHT!" -- Bob Costas calling Bernie Williams' walk-off home run off Randy Myers to end Game 1.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_ALCS.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - 1996 ALCS