Final
Oakland won 2-1
| Game 1: Monday, September 8 | ||
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| Oakland | 8 | Final |
| Detroit | 14 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, September 9 | ||
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| Oakland | 3 | Final |
| Detroit | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, September 10 | ||
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| Oakland | 5 | Final |
| Detroit | 2 | |
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1:05 PM ET, September 10, 2008
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Oakland - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Armando Galarraga pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| R Davis flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| A Cunningham lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| R Sweeney homered to right. | 1 | 0 |
| J Cust homered to left. | 2 | 0 |
| D Barton popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| C Granderson walked. | 2 | 0 |
| R Santiago struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| G Sheffield walked, C Granderson to second. | 2 | 0 |
| M Cabrera struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| M Joyce walked, C Granderson to third, G Sheffield to second. | 2 | 0 |
| J Larish struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Armando Galarraga pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| J Baisley flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| C Pennington walked. | 2 | 0 |
| R Bowen doubled to right, C Pennington to third. | 2 | 0 |
| E Patterson struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| R Davis struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| M Thames flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| R Raburn grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| B Inge struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Armando Galarraga pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| A Cunningham popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| R Sweeney singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| J Cust popped out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| D Barton struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| C Granderson flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| R Santiago grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| G Sheffield struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Armando Galarraga pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| J Baisley grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| C Pennington reached on bunt single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| R Bowen singled to right, C Pennington to third. | 2 | 0 |
| E Patterson singled to right, C Pennington scored, R Bowen to second. | 3 | 0 |
| R Davis grounded out to first, R Bowen to third, E Patterson to second. | 3 | 0 |
| A Cunningham singled to left, R Bowen and E Patterson scored. | 5 | 0 |
| R Sweeney struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Sean Gallagher pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| M Cabrera lined out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| M Joyce walked. | 5 | 0 |
| J Larish struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| M Thames walked, M Joyce to second. | 5 | 0 |
| R Raburn walked, M Joyce to third, M Thames to second. | 5 | 0 |
| B Inge flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Bobby Seay pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| B Seay relieved A Galarraga. | 5 | 0 |
| J Cust struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| D Barton struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| J Baisley flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jerry Blevins pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| J Blevins relieved S Gallagher. | 5 | 0 |
| C Granderson struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| R Santiago struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| G Sheffield flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Bobby Seay pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| C Pennington struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| R Bowen struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| E Patterson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jerry Blevins pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| M Cabrera singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| M Joyce singled to right, M Cabrera to second. | 5 | 0 |
| M Hessman hit for J Larish. | 5 | 0 |
| M Hessman singled to left, M Cabrera to third, M Joyce to second. | 5 | 0 |
| S Casilla relieved J Blevins. | 5 | 0 |
| M Thames lined into double play, third to first, M Hessman doubled off first. | 5 | 0 |
| R Raburn singled to center, M Cabrera and M Joyce scored, R Raburn to second advancing on throw. | 5 | 2 |
| B Inge walked. | 5 | 2 |
| A Embree relieved S Casilla. | 5 | 2 |
| C Granderson flied out to center. | 5 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Lambert pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| M Hessman at third base. | 5 | 2 |
| C Lambert relieved B Seay. | 5 | 2 |
| R Davis popped out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| A Cunningham struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| C Rapada relieved C Lambert. | 5 | 2 |
| R Sweeney walked. | 5 | 2 |
| J Cust flied out to left. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| H Street relieved A Embree. | 5 | 2 |
| R Santiago walked. | 5 | 2 |
| G Sheffield flied out to left. | 5 | 2 |
| M Cabrera flied out to right. | 5 | 2 |
| M Joyce flied out to center. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Clay Rapada pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| D Barton walked. | 5 | 2 |
| J Baisley grounded into double play, third to second to first, D Barton out at second. | 5 | 2 |
| C Pennington flied out to center. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joey Devine pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| J Hannahan at third base. | 5 | 2 |
| J Devine relieved H Street. | 5 | 2 |
| P Polanco hit for M Hessman. | 5 | 2 |
| P Polanco fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 2 |
| M Thames struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| R Raburn struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Gary Glover pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET |
| P Polanco at second base. | 5 | 2 |
| R Raburn at third base. | 5 | 2 |
| G Glover relieved C Rapada. | 5 | 2 |
| R Bowen struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| E Patterson struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| R Davis grounded out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Ziegler pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET |
| B Ziegler relieved J Devine. | 5 | 2 |
| B Inge grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| C Granderson singled to center. | 5 | 2 |
| M Ordonez hit for R Santiago. | 5 | 2 |
| M Ordonez flied into double play, center to shortstop to first, C Granderson doubled off first. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||

