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2015 American League Wild Card Game
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The 2015 American League Wild Card Game was a play-in game during Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2015 postseason played between the American League's (AL) two wild card teams, the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros. It was held at Yankee Stadium on October 6, 2015.[1]
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Date | October 6, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Yankee Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | The Bronx, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Umpires | Ted Barrett (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Paul Emmel, Bill Miller, Chris Conroy, Manny Gonzalez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 50,113 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Dan Shulman, John Kruk, Jessica Mendoza, Buster Olney, and Tim Kurkjian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien and Aaron Boone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Astros defeated the Yankees, 3–0. It was the Astros' first playoff win since Game 6 of the 2005 NLCS and their first victory in a winner-take-all postseason game. With the Yankees eliminated, all four remaining teams in the 2015 ALDS were expansion teams.