2014 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Kansas City Royals (3) Ned Yost 89–73, .549, GB: 1 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (0) Mike Scioscia 98–64, .605, GA: 10
Dates	October 2–5
Television	TBS
TV announcers	Ernie Johnson Jr.,Ron Darling,Cal Ripken Jr. andMatt Winer
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Jon Sciambi andChris Singleton
Umpires	Ted Barrett (crew chief),Lance Barksdale,Chris Guccione,Paul Nauert,Jeff Nelson,Jim Reynolds
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season Baltimore Orioles (3) Buck Showalter 96–66, .593, GA: 12 Detroit Tigers (0) Brad Ausmus 90–72, .556, GA: 1
Dates	October 2–5
Television	TBS
TV announcers	Brian Anderson,Dennis Eckersley,Joe Simpson and Jaime Maggio
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Chris Berman (Games 1–2),Dave Flemming (Game 3) andRick Sutcliffe
Umpires	Jeff Kellogg (crew chief),Scott Barry,Dan Bellino,Fieldin Culbreth,Paul Schrieber,Jim Wolf
ALWC	Kansas City Royals defeatedOakland Athletics, 9–8(12)
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The2014American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series inMajor League Baseball’s (MLB)2014 postseason to determine the participating teams in the2014 American League Championship Series. TheLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim,Baltimore Orioles, andDetroit Tigers (divisional winners, seeded 1–3 based on regular season record) as well as theWild Card game winningKansas City Royals played in the two series.TBS carried all the games.

These matchups were:

• (1)Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (West Division champions) vs. (4)Kansas City Royals (Wild Card Game winner): Royals win series 3–0.
• (2)Baltimore Orioles (East Division champions) vs. (3)Detroit Tigers (Central Division champions): Orioles win series 3–0.

This was the first postseason played under the post-1993 divisional alignment in which neither theBoston Red Sox nor theNew York Yankees competed in an ALDS. It was also the Royals' first appearance in the current version of the ALDS, as their last previous postseason appearance had come in 1985, prior to its conception (although the team had played in one of the1981 ALDS necessitated by that year'splayer strike and the resulting split season). It was also the Orioles' first ALDS win since1997.

Both the Angels and the Royals, and the Tigers and the Orioles, met for the first time in the postseason.

The Royals went on to defeat the Orioles in the ALCS, then lost the2014 World Series to the National League championSan Francisco Giants.

To date, the 2014 ALDS marks the last postseason appearance for the Angels and is also the most recent series in which the Orioles won a postseason game.

Kansas City won the series, 3–0.

Baltimore won the series, 3–0.

Mike Moustakas, a native of Los Angeles (a handful of miles away from Anaheim), hit a 374-foot (114 m) home run deep into right field in the 11th inning to give the Royals a 3–2 victory in Game 1. CloserGreg Holland, who arrived during the fourth inning following a trip to North Carolina for the birth of his son, pitched a perfect bottom half of the 11th to seal the Royals' victory.Alcides Escobar had an RBI double in the third inning, allowing Moustakas to score, andOmar Infante's sacrifice fly allowedAlex Gordon to score in the fifth. The Angels' only scores were home runs fromChris Iannetta in the third andDavid Freese in the fifth.

This game also started a string of postseason games in which the Royals defense would make a number of highlight reel defensive plays. OutfieldersLorenzo Cain andNori Aoki each had a pair of great catches, which slowed down the Angels' high powered offense.

Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer andSalvador Pérez recorded an RBI infield single in the 11th inning, as the Royals won Game 2, 4–1. Kansas City scored first onAlex Gordon's RBI single in the second, but the Angels tied the game in the sixth withAlbert Pujols' RBI single.

Kansas City again came up with a timely defensive gem. In the bottom of the eighth with no outs and pinch runnerCollin Cowgill at second base,Jarrod Dyson caught a fly ball to left-center field offChris Iannetta, and then threw a strike toMike Moustakas at third to double-up Cowgill, who tried to advance on the play.

The Angels took their only lead of this series with a one out home run byMike Trout in the top of the first offJames Shields, butC. J. Wilson gave up a triple in the bottom half toAlex Gordon and was immediately knocked out of the game.Eric Hosmer would add his second home run of this series, a two-run home run in the third offHector Santiago, to make it 5–1 Royals. The Angels cut it to 5–2 in the fourth onAlbert Pujols's home run, but in the bottom of the inning,Mike Morin allowed a one-out home run toMike Moustakas, then two singles to put runners on first and third beforeLorenzo Cain's sacrifice fly made it 7–2 Royals. They made it 8–2 in the sixth offKevin Jepsen onNori Aoki's RBI single that scoredOmar Infante from second. The Angels scored the last run of the series in the eighth offWade Davis onJosh Hamilton's groundout with runners on second and third as the Royals completed a three-game sweep to punch their ticket to the2014 ALCS.

The defense again showed up for Kansas City. The highlights of the game included back-to-back diving catches in the fifth inning byLorenzo Cain with runners on base.

As of 2024, this remains the Angels’ most recent postseason appearance. In addition, this was the Angels last postseason game withAnaheim in their name, as they have simply been known as 'Los Angeles Angels' since2016.

2014 ALDS(3–0):Kansas City Royals overLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Nelson Cruz's two-run home run in the bottom of the first started the scoring for the Orioles. The Tigers tied the score in the top of the second on back-to-back home runs byVictor Martinez andJ. D. Martinez, but Baltimore pulled ahead on an RBI single byNick Markakis in the bottom half. The score remained unchanged until Baltimore scored in the seventh on a home run fromJ. J. Hardy to make the score 4–2. In the top of the eighth,Ian Kinsler singled off ofDarren O'Day, but was doubled off of first on a line drive byTorii Hunter. The play proved to be critical as the next batter,Miguel Cabrera, homered. In the bottom half, after a one out double byAlejandro De Aza,Joba Chamberlain relieved starterMax Scherzer and a crucial error byAndrew Romine allowed De Aza to score andAdam Jones to reach base. Jones stole second, then scored onNelson Cruz's single.Joakim Soria relieved Chamberlain and a single and intentional walk loaded the bases beforeRyan Flaherty's single andNick Hundley's groundout scored a run each, thenJonathan Schoop's double scored two more.Phil Coke relieved Soria and threw a wild pitch that moved Schoop to third, then walkedNick Markakis before De Aza, in his second at-bat of the inning, doubled to score both men. Baltimore scored a team postseason record and LDS record eight runs in the inning. This record would be tied the next day in the Cardinals/Dodgers NLDS series. With the game out of reach,Tommy Hunter came on and pitched out of a bases loaded jam to seal the game.

Nick Markakis' two-run home run off Tiger starterJustin Verlander in the third put the Orioles on the board. But in the top of the fourth,Torii Hunter singled, Cabrera doubled him to third, Victor Martinez singled to score Hunter, J. D. Martinez homered to put Detroit on top 4–2 andNick Castellanos homered to push the lead to three runs before the first out was recorded. After the next two outs were recorded,Rajai Davis singled and chased Baltimore starterWei-Yin Chen in the process.Kevin Gausman came on and got the final out of the inning without further damage to keep the score 5–2. A two out RBI single by J. J. Hardy cut the score to 5–3 but Verlander escaped without another run crossing the plate. The score stayed at 5–3 until the top of the eighth when Victor Martinez doubled home Hunter to push the lead back to three runs. But for the second straight day Baltimore would fight back against the Tiger bullpen in the bottom of the eighth.Joba Chamberlain came on and got De Aza to ground out, but Adam Jones was hit by a pitch, Nelson Cruz singled Jones to second, andSteve Pearce singled in Jones to make it a 6–4 game.Joakim Soria came on in relief of Chamberlain and walked Hardy to load the bases for former TigerDelmon Young. Young unloaded the bases with a go-ahead three-run double to put the Orioles back on top 7–6.Zach Britton came on and pitched a perfect ninth to send Baltimore to Detroit up two games to none.

Adam Jones' single and Nelson Cruz's two-run home run that just stayed fair down the right field line off David Price in the sixth broke a scoreless tie and the backs of the Tigers as Baltimore completed a three-game sweep. The Tigers got back-to-back leadoff doubles from Victor Martinez and J. D. Martinez in the ninth to pull within a run. AfterBryan Holaday struck out, an intentional walk toNick Castellanos put the winning run on base. Britton gotHernan Perez to ground into the game-ending, series-ending double play, sending the Orioles to their first ALCS appearance in17 years.^[13] With the loss, the Tigers lost their first ever ALDS. In their previous four appearances, they advanced to the ALCS every time. As of 2024, this remains the last postseason win for the Orioles.

2014 ALDS(3–0):Baltimore Orioles overDetroit Tigers

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