Alfonso Márquez Headlines His Seventh League Championship Series
Experienced umpire Alfonso Márquez is preparing for his seventh League Championship Series, where he will serve as crew chief alongside James Hoye. The information was confirmed this Sunday by Major League Baseball.
In addition to Márquez and Hoye, Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck, and John Libka will make their debut at this instance.
Márquez will be at the helm of the series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, which begins on Sunday. For his part, Hoye, who will be in his fifth League Championship Series, will lead 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 umpires, with one umpire resting in each game.
In the first game of the American League, Additon will be behind the plate, 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 reserve umpire.
Eddings will be in charge of calling balls and strikes in the second game, followed by May, Márquez, Huston, Reyburn, and Wolcott.
The National League series will begin 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 reserve umpire.
Morales will be behind the plate in the second game, followed by Hoye, Beck, Carapazza, Fairchild, and Ripperger.
Hudson will be the crew chief for Game 3 of the American League, with Marquez as the reserve umpire. Carapazza will lead the National League crew in Game 2, with Hoye as the reserve.
Hudson will be in his fifth League Championship Series, Carapazza and Eddings in their fourth, Fairchild in his third, and Morales, Reyburn, Ripperger, and Wolcott in their second.
Alex MacKay, Bill Miller, and David Rackley will serve as replay umpires in the Major League Baseball office in New York.
