Alfonso Márquez Headlines His Seventh League Championship Series
Alfonso Márquez, along with James Hoye, will lead the umpiring crew in his seventh League Championship Series.
Major League Baseball announced on Sunday that Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck, and John Libka will participate in the LCS for the first time.
Márquez will be the umpire in the series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, which will begin on Sunday. Hoye, in his fifth LCS, will be in charge of the National League matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the current champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting on Monday.
Each series will have teams of seven referees, with one referee resting in each game.
Additon will be behind the plate in the first game of the American League, with May at first base, Márquez at second, Marvin Hudson at third, D.J. Reyburn in left field, Quinn Wolcott in right field, and Doug Eddings as the substitute umpire.
Eddings will work on the plate in Game 2, followed by May, Márquez, Huston, Reyburn, and Wolcott.
The National League series begins on Monday with Libka behind the plate, Hoye at first, Beck at second, Vic Carapazza at third, Chad Fairchild in left field, Mark Ripperger in right field, and Gabe Morales as the alternate umpire.
Morales will be behind the plate in Game 2, followed by Hoye, Beck, Carapazza, Fairchild, and Ripperger.
Hudson will be the crew chief for the American League in Game 3, when Márquez is the alternate umpire, and Carapazza will be the National League crew chief in Game 2, when Hoye is the alternate.
Hudson will be in his fifth LCS, Carapazza and Eddings in their fourth LCS, Fairchild in his third, and Morales, Reyburn, Ripperger, and Wolcott in their second.
Alex MacKay, Bill Miller, and David Rackley will be the replay umpires in the Major League Baseball office in New York.
