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News, Blog and GuidesThe Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros are playing for the American League pennant in the 2021 ALCS. Game 5 takes place on Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park.
AS EnglishUpdate: Oct 20th, 2021 09:20 EDT
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The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros are playing for the American League pennant in the 2021 ALCS.
The Astros won Game 4 of the series, levelling the teams at 2-2 with Game 5 taking place on Wednesday afternoon at Fenway Park.
Astros hosted Games 1 and 2 and, if necessary, Games 6 and 7. Games 3, 4, and 5 will be atFenway Park.
Winners win.Final: #Astros 9, Red Sox 2 pic.twitter.com/cNidwMKA0t
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 20, 2021
The ALDS is played in a 2-3-2 format where the team with the better regular-season record gets home field for Games 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. The Astros finished at 95-67, winning the AL West by five games over the Seattle Mariners (90-72), so the series began at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.
With the series tied 2-2, both teams will turn to their Game 1 starters. Houston will send Framber Valdez to the mound in an attempt to take a 3-2 series lead back to Minute Maid Park. Valdez lasted just two and two-thirds innings in Game 1, allowing three runs, two of them earned, on six hits.
The Red Sox will go with Chris Sale for the final game of the series in Boston.
When is the game and how can I watch it in the US?
Date: Wednesday, October 20
Time: 5:08 p.m. ET
Location: Fenway Park (Boston)
TV channel: TBS
The TBS app can be downloaded on iOS, Google Play, Roku among others). It is also available to stream on MLB.TV with a one-time authentication, and you can subscribe to an audio service. ESPN Radio also provides live coverage.
A participating pay TV provider is required in order to watch select Postseason games. Check availability here. For $24.99, you can watch every out-of-market game live or on demand at 60fps on multiple devices, with choice of home and away TV and radio feeds.
Where can I watch the MLB playoffs?
All of the National League playoff games are on TBS, and the American League games are on Fox and FS1. Fox will broadcast The World Series.
Red Sox vs Astros play-by-play on AS USA
You can follow all the action from Fenway Park live here on AS USA, with Jeffrey May’s inimitable play-by-play coverage. His build-up will start around an hour or so before we get underway. You’ll not want to miss that, even if you have the game on another screen.
