Final
Detroit leads 1-0 (as of 5/10)
| Game 1: Thursday, May 10 | ||
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| Detroit | 10 | Final |
| Oakland | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Friday, May 11 | ||
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| Detroit | 4 | Final |
| Oakland | 11 | |
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| Game 3: Saturday, May 12 | ||
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| Detroit | 1 | Final |
| Oakland | 3 | |
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| Game 4: Sunday, May 13 | ||
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| Detroit | 3 | Final |
| Oakland | 1 | |
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10:05 PM ET, May 10, 2012
O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
W: M. Scherzer (2-3)
L: B. Colon (3-3)
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Detroit - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Bartolo Colon pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| A Jackson grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| A Dirks homered to right. (392 feet) | 1 | 0 |
| M Cabrera singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| P Fielder grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Cabrera out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| D Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Fielder out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| J Weeks grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| C Pennington struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| J Reddick struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| A Avila singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| R Raburn grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, A Avila out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| B Boesch flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| R Santiago grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| J Gomes struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| S Smith walked. | 1 | 0 |
| B Inge fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| K Ka'aihue homered to right center, S Smith scored. (408 feet) | 1 | 2 |
| K Suzuki flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| A Jackson singled to right. | 1 | 2 |
| A Dirks singled to right, A Jackson to second. | 1 | 2 |
| M Cabrera doubled to deep right, A Jackson scored, A Dirks to third. | 2 | 2 |
| P Fielder safe at first on error by first baseman K Ka'aihue, A Dirks scored, M Cabrera to third. | 3 | 2 |
| D Young singled to center, M Cabrera scored, P Fielder to second, P Fielder to third, D Young to second on error by center fielder J Reddick. | 4 | 2 |
| A Avila doubled to deep center, P Fielder and D Young scored. | 6 | 2 |
| R Raburn flied out to right. | 6 | 2 |
| B Boesch doubled to deep left, A Avila scored. | 7 | 2 |
| J Norberto relieved B Colon. | 7 | 2 |
| R Santiago doubled to left, B Boesch scored. | 8 | 2 |
| A Jackson flied out to center. | 8 | 2 |
| A Dirks walked. | 8 | 2 |
| M Cabrera singled to center, R Santiago scored, A Dirks to third. | 9 | 2 |
| P Fielder flied out to center. | 9 | 2 |
| 8 Runs, 8 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| M Taylor grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| J Weeks singled to left. | 9 | 2 |
| J Weeks stole second. | 9 | 2 |
| C Pennington grounded out to first, J Weeks to third. | 9 | 2 |
| J Reddick struck out swinging. | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Norberto pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| D Young struck out swinging. | 9 | 2 |
| A Avila struck out swinging. | 9 | 2 |
| R Raburn flied out to center. | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| J Gomes flied out to center. | 9 | 2 |
| S Smith singled to center. | 9 | 2 |
| B Inge grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Smith out at second. | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jim Miller pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| J Miller relieved J Norberto. | 9 | 2 |
| B Boesch grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| R Santiago popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| A Jackson singled to center. | 9 | 2 |
| A Dirks singled to center, A Jackson to second. | 9 | 2 |
| M Cabrera singled to center, A Jackson scored, A Dirks to second. | 10 | 2 |
| P Fielder lined out to first. | 10 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| K Ka'aihue struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| K Suzuki struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| M Taylor flied out to left. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jim Miller pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| D Young singled to right. | 10 | 2 |
| A Avila struck out looking. | 10 | 2 |
| R Raburn fouled out to catcher. | 10 | 2 |
| B Boesch grounded out to second. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| J Weeks struck out looking. | 10 | 2 |
| C Pennington flied out to left. | 10 | 2 |
| J Reddick tripled to deep right. | 10 | 2 |
| J Gomes struck out looking. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jim Miller pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| A Recker catching. | 10 | 2 |
| R Santiago flied out to right. | 10 | 2 |
| A Jackson grounded out to third. | 10 | 2 |
| A Dirks singled to center. | 10 | 2 |
| D Worth ran for A Dirks. | 10 | 2 |
| M Cabrera grounded out to first. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Max Scherzer pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| D Worth at second base. | 10 | 2 |
| R Raburn in left field. | 10 | 2 |
| S Smith singled to right. | 10 | 2 |
| B Inge struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| K Ka'aihue walked, S Smith to second. | 10 | 2 |
| O Dotel relieved M Scherzer. | 10 | 2 |
| A Recker flied out to center, S Smith to third. | 10 | 2 |
| M Taylor struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jerry Blevins pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| J Blevins relieved J Miller. | 10 | 2 |
| P Fielder struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| D Young grounded out to third. | 10 | 2 |
| A Avila grounded out to pitcher. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Phil Coke pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| D Kelly in right field. | 10 | 2 |
| P Coke relieved O Dotel. | 10 | 2 |
| J Weeks flied out to center. | 10 | 2 |
| E Sogard hit for C Pennington. | 10 | 2 |
| E Sogard grounded out to first. | 10 | 2 |
| J Reddick reached on infield single to third, J Reddick to second on throwing error by third baseman M Cabrera. | 10 | 2 |
| J Gomes reached on infield single to shortstop, J Reddick to third. | 10 | 2 |
| J Gomes to second on fielder's indifference. | 10 | 2 |
| S Smith walked. | 10 | 2 |
| C Balester relieved P Coke. | 10 | 2 |
| B Inge homered to right, J Reddick, J Gomes and S Smith scored. (390 feet) | 10 | 6 |
| J Benoit relieved C Balester. | 10 | 6 |
| K Ka'aihue doubled to right. | 10 | 6 |
| A Recker walked. | 10 | 6 |
| M Taylor struck out swinging. | 10 | 6 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Grant Balfour pitching for Oakland | DET | OAK |
| E Sogard at shortstop. | 10 | 6 |
| G Balfour relieved J Blevins. | 10 | 6 |
| R Raburn doubled to deep center. | 10 | 6 |
| R Raburn to third on wild pitch by G Balfour. | 10 | 6 |
| D Kelly grounded out to second. | 10 | 6 |
| R Raburn caught stealing home, catcher to third to first. | 10 | 6 |
| R Santiago grounded out to pitcher. | 10 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Oakland - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jose Valverde pitching for Detroit | DET | OAK |
| J Valverde relieved J Benoit. | 10 | 6 |
| J Weeks grounded out to third. | 10 | 6 |
| E Sogard flied out to left. | 10 | 6 |
| J Reddick struck out swinging. | 10 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||