October 10, 2012: Rangers 4 Tigers 1 (series tied, 2-2)

The Rangers tie up their division series with the Tigers behind 8 strong innings from Scott Feldman and big flies from Josh Hamilton and Mitch Moreland.

This is the home cooking series, as the home team has won all four games. Tigers starter Justin Verlander hopes to overcome that trend and prove that his game 1 masterpiece was no fluke. Rangers starter Yu Darvish hopes that Verlander returns to his mediocre at best typical playoff form, and that the home field trend holds true to give the Rangers the win.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Texas Rangers                10/10/2012
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        4  1  3  0 .471     I.Kinsler 2B        4  0  1  0 .214  
  Q.Berry LF          4  0  2  0 .375     E.Andrus SS         3  2  1  0 .182  
  M.Cabrera 3B        5  0  1  0 .200     J.Hamilton CF       4  1  2  2 .294  
  P.Fielder 1B        3  0  0  0 .250     A.Beltre 3B         2  0  1  1 .286  
  D.Young DH          4  0  1  1 .200     N.Cruz RF           3  0  0  0 .154  
  A.Dirks RF          4  0  1  0 .385     M.Young DH          3  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Peralta SS        4  0  2  0 .267     D.Murphy LF         3  0  0  0 .133  
  A.Avila C           4  0  0  0 .000     M.Napoli C          3  0  0  0 .333  
  O.Infante 2B        4  0  0  0 .313     M.Moreland 1B       3  1  1  1 .111  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  1 10  1                 Totals      28  4  6  4
 
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1 10  1
Rangers......... 1 0 3  0 0 0  0 0    -  4  6  0
 
Tigers (2-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Scherzer LOSS(0-1)      8       6   4   4   1   8   2 118   4.50
Totals                    8       6   4   4   1   8   2
 
Rangers (2-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Feldman WIN(1-0)        8       9   1   1   1   5   0 130   1.13
J.Nathan SAVE(1st)        1       1   0   0   1   2   0  21   0.00
Totals                    9      10   1   1   2   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,271 DATE- Wednesday, October 10th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Scott Barry, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Paul Emmel
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Rangers: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Rangers: 0
ERRORS- M.Cabrera
DOUBLES- A.Jackson-2(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Hamilton(2nd), M.Moreland(1st)
RBIs- D.Young(4th), J.Hamilton-2(3rd), A.Beltre(5th), M.Moreland(1st)
STOLEN BASES- Q.Berry(1st), N.Cruz(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- Q.Berry
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Beltre
WALKS- A.Jackson, P.Fielder, E.Andrus
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson, Q.Berry, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, J.Peralta-2, A.Avila,
             E.Andrus-2, A.Beltre, D.Murphy-2, M.Napoli-3
GIDP- J.Hamilton, N.Cruz
2-out RBI- D.Young
RLISP 2-out- D.Young, A.Dirks, M.Young, P.Fielder, M.Cabrera-2
 
At Rangers Ballpark the Texas Rangers outscored the Detroit Tigers 4 to
1.
 
Texas scored 3 runs in the decisive bottom of the 3rd inning.  That was all
the runs Scott Feldman(1-0) needed.  After the 3rd inning, neither team was
able to score.  
 
Feldman got help from Joe Nathan who was credited with his 1st save.  Max
Scherzer(0-1) ended up with the loss.  He allowed 6 hits and 1 walk in 8
innings.