Alfonso Márquez Headlines His Seventh League Championship Series
Experienced umpire Alfonso Márquez is in his seventh League Championship Series, serving as crew chief alongside James Hoye. The news was confirmed this Sunday by Major League Baseball.
In addition to Márquez and Hoye, Ryan Additon, Ben May, Adam Beck, and John Libka are participating in their first LCS.
Márquez will be in charge of directing the series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, which began on Sunday. For his part, Hoye, in his fifth LCS, will lead the National League matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the current champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting on Monday.
Each series will feature teams of seven umpires, with one resting per game.
Additon will be behind the plate in the first game of the American League, with May at first, Márquez at second, Marvin Hudson at third, D.J. Reyburn in left field, Quinn Wolcott in right field, and Doug Eddings as the reserve umpire.
Eddings will be 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 reserve 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, with Márquez as the alternate umpire, and Carapazza will be the National League crew chief in Game 2, with Hoye as the alternate.
Hudson is in his fifth LCS, 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 be the replay umpires in the Major League Baseball office in New York.
