the astros won the american league east in 2017.
the astros won the american league east in 2017.
who won the american league east in 2017?
the astros
on the last day of the 2011 regular season, the post-season fate of four teams fighting for two playoff spots across both leagues was decided. in the national league, the st. louis cardinals defeated their national league central division rival houston astros to win the national league wild card berth after the atlanta braves lost to their national league east division rivals, the philadelphia phillies. in the american league, the tampa bay rays defeated their american league east division rivals the new york yankees with dramatic home runs in the 9th inning by dan johnson and later in extra innings by evan longoria to win the american league wild card berth after the baltimore orioles defeated the boston red sox, both also rivals in the american league east, on a walk-off single. this has been cited as the "most thrilling 129 minutes in baseball history."
2011 major league baseball season
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the american league east is one of major league baseball (mlb)'s six divisions (an east, central, and west division for each of the two leagues). this division was created before the start of the season along with the american league west division. before that time the american league (al) had existed as a single league of 10 teams.
american league east