GAME 1 - Globe Life Park
Price vs Martinez
Lions 22, Cowboys 12
Ooops, that was a typo. I meant Tigers and Rangers, although with the 32 runs being scored this more resembled a football game than any baseball game I know of. Detroit jumped out to a 12-0 lead and went into coast mode. David Price picked a fine time to have a good post season outing. With no pressure on him he fired 6 innings of shutout ball before the bottom of the Tiger pen came in to give up 12 backdoor runs. Miggy had 6 RBI's, but his teammate
JMart outdid him with 8 RBI's. Miggy had 2 homers and the Martinez boys combined for 3.
Tigers lead series 1-0
GAME 2
Verlander vs Gallardo
Tigers 2, Rangers 0
Just a day before both teams combined for 32 runs. Just 24 hours later it looked like the dead ball era was reincarnated.
Justin Verlander was brilliant, allowing just 2 hits, while fanning 9 in 8 innings and 105 pitches before handling the ball off to Joakim Soria who pitched a perfect 9th. Detroit broke the ice with a solo blast in the 4th off the hot bat of JMart. Yoenis Cespedes led off the 6th with a solo shot to provide and insurance run that the Verlander/Soria combination did not need.
Tigers lead series 2-0
GAME 3 - Comerica Park
Hamels vs A.Sanchez
Rangers 4, Tigers 3
Trade deadline acquisition
Cole Hamels channeled his innermost 2009 form to hold down the potent Tiger bats and stave off elimination. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead the Rangers gave back 3 runs in the bottom of the 2nd on a 3 run shot by Nick Castellanos. That would be the only blip on Hamels record, as the tough left battled hard and did not give up another run. In the top of the 5th the Rangers took the lead for good on a 2 run double by Sin-Shin Choo. Hamels tired after 8 innings and 120 pitchers and gave way to Tolleson, who mowed down the Motown 9 for the save.
Tigers lead series 2-1
GAME 4
C.Lewis vs Simon
Tigers 6, Rangers 5
To this point the road team had won every game. Detroit was
set on stopping that trend and avoiding a decisive game 5. Texas, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead had their backs against the wall and hoped to go back home with a chance to close out the series. Coby Lewis looked in full command over the first 3 innings, but the Tiger bats got hot real quick when
Yoenis Cespedes hit a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 4th with one out. The bottom of the 5th would be even crueler to Lewis. J.McCann got to first on a hard smash off Adrian Beltre's glove. That E-5 was followed up by a Iglesias single. Gose's 2 run triple put the Tigers up by a run. Ian Kinsler's RBI double made it a 2 run lead and V-Mart's RBI double made it a comfortable 3 run lead. With Al Simon being as generous as Lewis there was no comfort. Mitch Moreland had an RBI double then scored on a ground out to make it a one run game. At this point Simon's day (5ER/5.1IP) was done and a brigade of Tiger relievers would march in and out of the game for the next 3 2/3 innings. That legion would get to Soria, who threw a perfect 9th inning to lock down the win and the series for the underdog Tigers.
Tigers win series 3-1
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