Final
Detroit won 2-1
| Game 1: Tuesday, September 18 | ||
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| Oakland | 2 | Final |
| Detroit | 12 | |
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| Game 2: Wednesday, September 19 | ||
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| Oakland | 2 | Final |
| Detroit | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Thursday, September 20 | ||
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| Oakland | 12 | Final |
| Detroit | 4 | |
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Coverage: FOX DET
1:05 PM ET, September 20, 2012
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
W: P. Neshek (2-1)
L: A. Sanchez (3-6)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Oakland - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Stephen Drew | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), S Drew struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Reddick | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), J Reddick flied out to left | 0 | 0 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Ball, Ball, Y Cespedes grounded out to third | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Tommy Milone pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Austin Jackson | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), A Jackson struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, O Infante doubled to center | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, M Cabrera walked | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Fielder | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, P Fielder walked, O Infante to third, M Cabrera to second | 0 | 0 |
| Delmon Young | D Young grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, P Fielder out at second | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Brandon Moss | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (looking), B Moss struck out looking | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Carter | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), C Carter struck out swinging | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Smith | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, S Smith grounded out to first | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Tommy Milone pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (foul), Ball, J Peralta singled to left | 0 | 0 |
| Avisail Garcia | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, A Garcia singled to right, J Peralta to second | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Dirks | A Dirks sacrificed to third, J Peralta to third, A Garcia to second | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Laird | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), G Laird singled to left, J Peralta scored, A Garcia to third | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Jackson | A Jackson hit sacrifice fly to left, A Garcia scored | 0 | 2 |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, O Infante walked, G Laird to second | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel Cabrera | M Cabrera flied out to right | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Josh Donaldson | Ball, Strike (looking), J Donaldson singled to center | 0 | 2 |
| George Kottaras | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), G Kottaras struck out looking, J Donaldson stole second | 0 | 2 |
| Cliff Pennington | Strike (foul), C Pennington reached on infield single to shortstop | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Drew | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, S Drew grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Pennington out at second, J Donaldson to third, J Donaldson scored on throwing error by second baseman O Infante | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Reddick | J Reddick grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Tommy Milone pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Prince Fielder | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, P Fielder flied out to center | 1 | 2 |
| Delmon Young | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, D Young flied out to left | 1 | 2 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Ball, J Peralta popped out to first | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Y Cespedes flied out to center | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Moss | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), B Moss struck out swinging | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Carter | Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, C Carter grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Tommy Milone pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Avisail Garcia | A Garcia singled to center | 1 | 2 |
| Andy Dirks | Ball, A Garcia caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop, Strike (swinging), A Dirks singled to center | 1 | 2 |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, G Laird flied out to center | 1 | 2 |
| Austin Jackson | Strike (looking), A Jackson flied out to center | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Seth Smith | S Smith homered to right (365 feet) | 2 | 2 |
| Josh Donaldson | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), J Donaldson struck out swinging | 2 | 2 |
| George Kottaras | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), G Kottaras grounded out to first | 2 | 2 |
| Cliff Pennington | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Ball, C Pennington walked | 2 | 2 |
| Stephen Drew | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), S Drew struck out swinging | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Tommy Milone pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Omar Infante | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, O Infante grounded out to third | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, M Cabrera singled to left | 2 | 2 |
| Prince Fielder | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, P Fielder doubled to deep right center, M Cabrera scored | 2 | 3 |
| Delmon Young | Strike (foul), Ball, D Young singled to left, P Fielder to third | 2 | 3 |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, J Peralta flied out to left, P Neshek relieved T Milone | 2 | 3 |
| Avisail Garcia | Ball, A Garcia popped out to second | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Anibal Sanchez pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Josh Reddick | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, J Reddick fouled out to catcher | 2 | 3 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Y Cespedes singled to center | 2 | 3 |
| Brandon Moss | B Moss doubled to deep right, Y Cespedes scored, B Moss to third advancing on throw | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Carter | Strike (swinging), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), C Carter struck out swinging | 3 | 3 |
| Seth Smith | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), S Smith intentionally walked | 3 | 3 |
| Josh Donaldson | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), J Donaldson singled to left, B Moss scored, S Smith to second, P Coke relieved A Sanchez | 4 | 3 |
| George Kottaras | Ball, Ball, G Kottaras tripled to deep center, S Smith and J Donaldson scored, A Alburquerque relieved P Coke | 6 | 3 |
| Cliff Pennington | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), C Pennington struck out swinging | 6 | 3 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Jerry Blevins pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| J Blevins relieved P Neshek. | 6 | 3 | |
| Andy Dirks | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, A Dirks homered to right (358 feet) | 6 | 4 |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, G Laird flied out to center, R Cook relieved J Blevins | 6 | 4 |
| Austin Jackson | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, A Jackson fouled out to right | 6 | 4 |
| Omar Infante | Strike (foul), O Infante fouled out to right | 6 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Al Alburquerque pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Stephen Drew | Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, S Drew flied out to left | 6 | 4 |
| Josh Reddick | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, J Reddick grounded out to second | 6 | 4 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Y Cespedes struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Ryan Cook pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| Prince Fielder | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), P Fielder grounded out to second | 6 | 4 |
| Delmon Young | Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), D Young struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Al Alburquerque pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| Brandon Moss | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), B Moss struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| Chris Carter | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), C Carter struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| Seth Smith | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), S Smith singled to center | 6 | 4 |
| Josh Donaldson | Strike (looking), J Donaldson grounded into fielder's choice to third, S Smith out at second | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Sean Doolittle pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| D Barton at first base. | 6 | 4 | |
| S Doolittle relieved R Cook. | 6 | 4 | |
| Jhonny Peralta | Strike (looking), J Peralta fouled out to first | 6 | 4 |
| Avisail Garcia | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), A Garcia struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| Andy Dirks | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, Strike (swinging), A Dirks struck out swinging | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Oakland - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Octavio Dotel pitching for Detroit | OAK | DET | |
| O Dotel relieved A Alburquerque. | 6 | 4 | |
| George Kottaras | G Kottaras singled to center | 6 | 4 |
| Cliff Pennington | C Pennington singled to right, G Kottaras to second | 6 | 4 |
| Stephen Drew | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, S Drew grounded out to first, G Kottaras to third, C Pennington to second | 6 | 4 |
| Josh Reddick | Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), J Reddick intentionally walked | 6 | 4 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Y Cespedes hit sacrifice fly to center, G Kottaras scored, C Pennington to third, J Reddick to second | 7 | 4 |
| Brandon Moss | Ball, Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), Ball (intentional Ball), B Moss intentionally walked, D Smyly relieved O Dotel | 7 | 4 |
| Daric Barton | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, D Barton walked, C Pennington scored, J Reddick to third, B Moss to second | 8 | 4 |
| Seth Smith | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (looking), S Smith doubled to deep right, J Reddick, B Moss and D Barton scored, L Putkonen relieved D Smyly | 11 | 4 |
| Josh Donaldson | Ball, Strike (looking), J Donaldson doubled to deep right, S Smith scored | 12 | 4 |
| George Kottaras | G Kottaras grounded out to first | 12 | 4 |
| 6 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Evan Scribner pitching for Oakland | OAK | DET | |
| E Scribner relieved S Doolittle. | 12 | 4 | |
| Gerald Laird | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), G Laird struck out swinging | 12 | 4 |
| Austin Jackson | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Foul, A Jackson grounded out to second | 12 | 4 |
| Omar Infante | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), O Infante doubled to deep left | 12 | 4 |
| Miguel Cabrera | M Cabrera flied out to center | 12 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||