1988 American League Championship Series

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The 1988 American League Championship Series was Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven playoff between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox to determine the American League pennant winner for the 1988 season.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American League Championship Series
Major League Baseball postseason series
ballparkGame1 Fenway Park
ballparkGame2 Fenway Park
ballparkGame3 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
ballparkGame4 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
bestOf best-of-seven
cityGame1 Boston
cityGame2 Boston
cityGame3 Oakland
cityGame4 Oakland
followedBy 1989 American League Championship Series
format best-of-seven playoff series
game1LosingTeam Boston Red Sox
game1WinningTeam Oakland Athletics
game2LosingTeam Boston Red Sox
game2WinningTeam Oakland Athletics
game3LosingTeam Boston Red Sox
game4LosingTeam Boston Red Sox
game4WinningTeam Oakland Athletics
hasParticipant Boston Red Sox
Oakland Athletics
homeTeamGame1 Boston Red Sox
homeTeamGame3 Oakland Athletics
league American League
loser Boston Red Sox
managerLosingTeam Joe Morgan
managerWinningTeam Tony La Russa
MVP Dave Stewart
numberOfGames 4
precededBy 1987 American League Championship Series
season 1988 Major League Baseball season
seriesResult Oakland Athletics 4–0 Boston Red Sox
sport baseball
sweep yes
teamWithHomeFieldAdvantage Boston Red Sox
televisionAnnouncersUS Joe Garagiola
Vin Scully
televisionNetworkUS NBC
umpireCrewChief Durwood Merrill
winner Oakland Athletics
winnerAdvancedTo 1988 World Series
winningTeamLeaguePennant American League pennant
winningTeamPennantNumber Oakland Athletics 12th American League pennant
year 1988

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1988 American League season playoffSeries 1988 American League Championship Series
subject linked to: 1988 American League