2000 American League Championship Series

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The 2000 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven matchup between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees won the series 4 games to 2 and advanced to face the New York Mets in the World Series, which the Yankees won to capture their third straight title.

Series overview
- Games: 6
- Result: New York Yankees 4, Seattle Mariners 2

Game-by-game highlights
- Game 1: Mariners won 2-0 at Yankee Stadium.
- Game 2: Yankees won 5-0 behind a dominant performance by Roger Clemens, who pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts.
- Game 3: Yankees won 8-2, building a lead with early power and finishing strong.
- Game 4: Yankees won to take a 3-1 series lead.
- Game 5: Mariners won to stay alive, 6-2, forcing a sixth game.
- Game 6: Yankees won 9-7 in a back-and-forth contest at Yankee Stadium to close out the series.

Aftermath
- The Yankees went on to defeat the New York Mets in five games to win their third consecutive World Series title.
- This series marked Alex Rodriguez’s departure from Seattle to Texas in a major trade, and he would later join the Yankees, where he played the rest of his career. The Mariners would later return to the ALCS, but again fell to the Yankees.