Final
Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 4/16)
| Game 1: Monday, April 16 | ||
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| Detroit | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, April 17 | ||
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| Detroit | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City | 1 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, April 18 | ||
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| Detroit | 4 | Final |
| Kansas City | 3 | |
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8:10 PM ET, April 16, 2012
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
W: J. Verlander (1-1)
L: D. Duffy (1-1)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Austin Jackson | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, A Jackson homered to left (419 feet) | 1 | 0 |
| Brennan Boesch | Strike (looking), Ball, B Boesch singled to left | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, M Cabrera walked, B Boesch to second | 1 | 0 |
| Prince Fielder | Strike (looking), P Fielder grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, M Cabrera out at second, B Boesch to third | 1 | 0 |
| Delmon Young | Ball, Strike (swinging), D Young lined out to right | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (looking), A Gordon doubled to deep right | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Getz | C Getz sacrificed to pitcher, A Gordon to third | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, E Hosmer walked | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | B Butler singled to right, A Gordon scored, E Hosmer to second | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (looking), J Francoeur struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Moustakas struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Ryan Raburn | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, R Raburn flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Foul, J Peralta doubled to deep right | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Avila | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), A Avila struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (looking), B Inge flied out to right | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Humberto Quintero | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, H Quintero grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| Mitch Maier | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Maier struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, A Escobar grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Austin Jackson | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Jackson struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Brennan Boesch | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), B Boesch struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (foul), M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), A Gordon struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Getz | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), C Getz struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Hosmer | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, E Hosmer grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Prince Fielder | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), P Fielder struck out swinging | 1 | 1 |
| Delmon Young | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, D Young popped out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Raburn | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, R Raburn grounded out to third | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (looking), B Butler grounded out to second | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Francoeur | J Francoeur flied out to center | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), M Moustakas struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Foul, J Peralta doubled to deep left center | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Avila | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), A Avila struck out looking | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, B Inge homered to center, J Peralta scored (429 feet) | 3 | 1 |
| Austin Jackson | Ball, A Jackson flied out to left | 3 | 1 |
| Brennan Boesch | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), B Boesch flied out to center | 3 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Humberto Quintero | Ball, Ball, H Quintero singled to left center | 3 | 1 |
| Mitch Maier | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Maier singled to center, H Quintero to second | 3 | 1 |
| Alcides Escobar | Strike (bunted foul), A Escobar bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, H Quintero out at third, M Maier to second | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Gordon | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Maier stole third, A Escobar stole second, Strike (swinging), A Gordon struck out swinging | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Getz | Ball, Strike (looking), C Getz lined out to second | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 3 | 1 |
| Prince Fielder | P Fielder flied out to left | 3 | 1 |
| Delmon Young | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), D Young struck out swinging | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Eric Hosmer | Strike (looking), Ball, E Hosmer grounded out to third | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, B Butler flied out to right | 3 | 1 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), J Francoeur struck out swinging | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Ryan Raburn | R Raburn grounded out to third | 3 | 1 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, J Peralta singled to left | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Avila | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), A Avila singled to right, J Peralta thrown out at third, A Crow relieved D Duffy | 3 | 1 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), B Inge grounded out to second | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (foul), M Moustakas grounded out to pitcher | 3 | 1 |
| Humberto Quintero | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, H Quintero grounded out to shortstop | 3 | 1 |
| Mitch Maier | Ball, M Maier singled to center | 3 | 1 |
| Alcides Escobar | Ball, Strike (foul), A Escobar grounded out to third | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Aaron Crow pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| Austin Jackson | Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, A Jackson walked | 3 | 1 |
| Brennan Boesch | B Boesch grounded out to shortstop, A Jackson to second | 3 | 1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, M Cabrera grounded out to third | 3 | 1 |
| Prince Fielder | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), P Fielder intentionally walked | 3 | 1 |
| Delmon Young | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), D Young grounded out to first | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| D Kelly in right field. | 3 | 1 | |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), A Gordon popped out to shortstop | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Getz | Ball, C Getz lined out to shortstop | 3 | 1 |
| Eric Hosmer | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, E Hosmer fouled out to third | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Greg Holland pitching for Kansas City | DET | KC | |
| G Holland relieved A Crow. | 3 | 1 | |
| Ryan Raburn | Ball, R Raburn fouled out to first | 3 | 1 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (looking), J Peralta struck out looking | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Avila | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), A Avila struck out swinging | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Justin Verlander pitching for Detroit | DET | KC | |
| Billy Butler | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, B Butler singled to left, J Bourgeois ran for B Butler | 3 | 1 |
| Jeff Francoeur | Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), J Francoeur grounded out to second, J Bourgeois to second | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Moustakas | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, M Moustakas grounded out to second, J Bourgeois to third | 3 | 1 |
| Humberto Quintero | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), H Quintero singled to right, J Bourgeois scored | 3 | 2 |
| Mitch Maier | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, M Maier walked, H Quintero to second | 3 | 2 |
| Alcides Escobar | A Escobar hit by pitch, H Quintero to third, M Maier to second | 3 | 2 |
| Alex Gordon | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), A Gordon struck out looking | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||

