2012 League Division Series - Detroit Tigers over Oakland Athletics (3-2)

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2012 League Division Series (3-2): Detroit Tigers (88-74) over Oakland Athletics (94-68)

WS: SFG-DET / ALCS: DET-NYY / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: NYY-BAL / DET-OAK / BAL-TEX / STL-WSN / SFG-CIN / STL-ATL
2011 ALDS2

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  4  1
    Detroit Tigers               1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  x     3  7  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Parker, Neshek (7), Blevins (8)
              DET - Verlander, Benoit (8), Valverde (9)

               WP - Justin Verlander
	       LP - Jarrod Parker
             SAVE - Jose Valverde

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Crisp
              DET - Avila

  ATTENDANCE: 43,323

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  1    0  0  0    1  2  0     4  9  1
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    0  0  0    2  1  1     5 11  0

    PITCHERS: OAK - Milone, Doolittle (7), Cook (8), Balfour (9)
              DET - Fister, Benoit (8), Coke (9), Alburquerque (9)

               WP - Al Alburquerque
	       LP - Grant Balfour
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: OAK - Reddick
              DET - none

  ATTENDANCE: 40,684

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at O.co Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0
    Oakland Athletics            1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Sanchez, Dotel (7), Coke (8), Porcello (8)
              OAK - Anderson, Cook (7), Doolittle (8), Balfour (9)

               WP - Brett Anderson
	       LP - Anibal Sanchez
             SAVE - Grant Balfour

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              OAK - Smith

  ATTENDANCE: 37,090

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at O.co Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  0     3 10  1
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  3     4  8  0

    PITCHERS: DET - Scherzer, Dotel (6), Coke (6), Alburquerque (7), Benoit (8), Valverde (9)
              OAK - Griffin, Blevins (6), Doolittle (8), Cook (8)

               WP - Ryan Cook
	       LP - Jose Valverde
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - Fielder
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,385

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 11, 2012 at O.co Coliseum (Oakland Athletics)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Detroit Tigers               0  0  2    0  0  0    4  0  0     6  9  0
    Oakland Athletics            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1

    PITCHERS: DET - Verlander
              OAK - Parker, Cook (7), Blevins (7), Scribner (8)

               WP - Justin Verlander
	       LP - Jarrod Parker
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: DET - none
              OAK - none

  ATTENDANCE: 36,393

Series Batting Stats

Detroit Tigers Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Al Alburquerque	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	8
Alex Avila	4	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	6	.250	.250	.583	.833	0	0	116	367	42	89	9	48	2	.243	.736
Joaquin Benoit	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quintin Berry	4	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	1	0	94	291	44	75	2	29	21	.258	.684
Miguel Cabrera	5	20	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	1	.250	.318	.350	.668	0	0	161	622	109	205	44	139	4	.330	.999
Phil Coke	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Dirks	5	17	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	.294	.294	.353	.647	1	0	88	314	56	101	8	35	1	.322	.857
Octavio Dotel	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	57	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prince Fielder	5	21	1	4	0	0	1	2	1	2	.190	.227	.333	.561	0	0	162	581	83	182	30	108	1	.313	.940
Doug Fister	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Avisail Garcia	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	23	47	7	15	0	3	0	.319	.692
Omar Infante	5	17	6	6	1	0	0	0	1	6	.353	.389	.412	.801	1	0	*149	554	69	152	12	53	17	.274	.719
Austin Jackson	5	20	4	5	2	0	0	3	1	7	.250	.286	.350	.636	0	0	137	543	103	163	16	66	12	.300	.856
Don Kelly	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		.000			0	0	75	113	14	21	1	7	2	.186	.523
Gerald Laird	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	63	174	24	49	2	11	0	.282	.710
Jhonny Peralta	5	17	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.294	.333	.294	.627	1	0	150	531	58	127	13	63	1	.239	.689
Rick Porcello	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Anibal Sanchez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*31	30	1	3	0	0	0	.100	.296
Max Scherzer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jose Valverde	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Verlander	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Danny Worth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	43	74	9	16	0	3	0	.216	.586
Delmon Young	5	17	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	.235	.278	.235	.513	0	1	151	574	54	153	18	74	0	.267	.707
Totals	70	163	17	41	8	0	2	11	7	39	.252	.293	.337	.631	4	1	162	5476	726	1467	163		59	.268	.757

Oakland Athletics Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Brett Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	6
Grant Balfour	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jerry Blevins	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoenis Cespedes	5	19	1	6	1	0	0	2	2	2	.316	.381	.368	.749	2	0	129	487	70	142	23	82	16	.292	.861
Ryan Cook	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coco Crisp	5	22	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	.182	.182	.318	.500	0	0	120	455	68	118	11	46	39	.259	.742
Josh Donaldson	5	17	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	.294	.333	.353	.686	0	0	75	274	34	66	9	33	4	.241	.687
Sean Doolittle	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Drew	5	19	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	7	.211	.286	.316	.602	0	0	*79	287	38	64	7	28	1	.223	.657
Jonny Gomes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	99	279	46	73	18	47	3	.262	.868
A.J. Griffin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15
George Kottaras	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*85	171	20	36	9	31	0	.211	.766
Tommy Milone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	31	5	1	1	0	2	0	.200	.400
Brandon Moss	5	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	.133	.278	.133	.411	0	0	84	265	48	77	21	52	1	.291	.954
Pat Neshek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24
Derek Norris	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	1	60	209	19	42	7	34	5	.201	.625
Jarrod Parker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Cliff Pennington	5	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	3	4	.286	.412	.286	.697	0	0	125	418	50	90	6	28	15	.215	.589
Josh Reddick	5	17	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	10	.118	.167	.294	.461	0	0	156	611	85	148	32	85	11	.242	.768
Evan Scribner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Smith	5	15	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	6	.133	.316	.400	.716	0	0	125	383	55	92	14	52	2	.240	.754
Totals	69	155	11	30	5	0	3	10	14	50	.194	.269	.284	.553	2	1	162	5527	713	1315	195		122	.238	.714

Detroit Tigers Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Al Alburquerque	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	8	0	0.68	0	0	0	13.1	6	8	18	1.050
Joaquin Benoit	3	0	6.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	1	2	1.667	73	0	3.68	5	3	2	71.0	59	22	84	1.141
Phil Coke	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	2	1	1.800	66	0	4.00	2	3	1	54.0	71	18	51	1.648
Octavio Dotel	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	2	1.000	57	0	3.57	5	3	1	58.0	50	12	62	1.069
Doug Fister	1	1	2.57	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	8	1.143	26	26	3.45	10	10	0	161.2	156	37	137	1.194
Rick Porcello	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.000	31	31	4.59	10	12	0	176.1	226	44	107	1.531
Anibal Sanchez	1	1	2.84	0	1	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	3	1.105	*31	31	3.86	9	13	0	195.2	200	48	167	1.267
Max Scherzer	1	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	1	8	0.750	32	32	3.74	16	7	0	187.2	179	60	231	1.274
Jose Valverde	2	0	16.20	0	1	1	0	1.2	4	3	0	3	2.400	71	0	3.78	3	4	35	69.0	59	27	48	1.246
Justin Verlander	2	2	0.56	2	0	0	1	16.0	7	1	5	22	0.750	33	33	2.64	17	8	0	238.1	192	60	239	1.057
Totals	18	5	2.06	3	2	1	1	43.2	30	10	14	50	1.008	162	162	3.749	88	74		1430.2	1409	438	1318	1.291

Oakland Athletics Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Brett Anderson	1	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	2	0	2	6	0.667	6	6	2.57	4	2	0	35.0	29	7	25	1.029
Grant Balfour	2	0	5.40	0	1	1	0	1.2	3	1	1	2	2.400	75	0	2.53	3	2	24	74.2	41	28	72	0.924
Jerry Blevins	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0.273	63	0	2.48	5	1	1	65.1	45	25	54	1.071
Ryan Cook	4	0	8.10	1	0	0	0	3.1	4	3	1	4	1.500	71	0	2.09	6	2	14	73.1	42	27	80	0.941
Sean Doolittle	3	0	3.38	0	0	0	0	2.2	5	1	0	5	1.875	44	0	3.04	2	1	1	47.1	40	11	60	1.077
A.J. Griffin	1	1	3.60	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	2	0	1	1.400	15	15	3.06	7	1	0	82.1	74	19	64	1.130
Tommy Milone	1	1	1.50	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	6	1.000	31	31	3.74	13	10	0	190.0	207	36	137	1.279
Pat Neshek	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	24	0	1.37	2	1	0	19.2	10	6	16	0.814
Jarrod Parker	2	2	4.26	0	2	0	0	12.2	14	6	2	11	1.263	29	29	3.47	13	8	0	181.1	166	63	140	1.263
Evan Scribner	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	3	0.000	30	0	2.55	2	0	1	35.1	30	12	30	1.189
Totals	19	5	2.89	2	3	1	0	43.2	41	14	7	39	1.099	162	162	3.484	94	68		1470.0	1360	462	1136	1.239

WS: SFG-DET / ALCS: DET-NYY / NLCS: SFG-STL / Div. Series: NYY-BAL / DET-OAK / BAL-TEX / STL-WSN / SFG-CIN / STL-ATL
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