October 13, 2012: Tigers 8 A's 3 (Tigers lead ALCS, 1-0)

Miguel Cabrera leads the Tigers to an easy 8-3 win over the A's in game 1 of the ALCS. Cabrera had an RBI double in the 1st, a 3-run homer in the 2nd, and a solo HR in the 8th for 5 RBI.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland Athletics At 2012 Detroit Tigers            10/13/2012
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          3  1  1  0 .304     A.Jackson CF        4  1  1  0 .385  
  S.Drew SS           4  0  1  0 .238     O.Infante 2B        4  1  1  0 .292  
  Y.Cespedes LF       4  0  1  1 .182     M.Cabrera 3B        4  3  3  5 .273  
  B.Moss 1B           3  0  0  0 .238     P.Fielder 1B        4  0  2  0 .261  
  J.Reddick RF        4  0  1  0 .217     D.Young DH          4  0  1  1 .182  
  J.Donaldson 3B      3  1  0  0 .143     J.Peralta SS        4  1  1  0 .273  
  S.Smith DH          3  0  0  0 .214     A.Dirks LF          4  1  2  1 .429  
  G.Kottaras C        3  1  1  2 .222     A.Garcia RF         3  0  0  1 .500  
  C.Pennington 2B     3  0  1  0 .214     G.Laird C           4  1  1  0 .308  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  3  6  3                 Totals      35  8 12  8
 
 
Athletics....... 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
Tigers.......... 2 3 0  0 0 1  1 1    -  8 12  0
 
Athletics (4-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Milone LOSS(0-1)        1 2/3   7   5   5   0   1   1  40  14.21
J.Miller                  3 2/3   1   1   1   1   4   1  62   2.45
E.Scribner                1 2/3   3   2   2   0   1   1  27  10.80
P.Neshek                  1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00
Totals                    8      12   8   8   1   7   3
 
Tigers (4-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Fister WIN(2-0)         5       4   3   3   4   7   1 105   2.57
J.Benoit HOLD(1st)        3       1   0   0   0   4   0  35   5.40
J.Valverde                1       1   0   0   0   0   0  12   7.71
Totals                    9       6   3   3   4  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,559 DATE- Saturday, October 13th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Laz Diaz, Mike Everitt, Paul Schrieber, Tim Welke
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4  Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Tigers: 3
DOUBLES- Y.Cespedes(2nd), M.Cabrera(1st), A.Dirks(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Kottaras(2nd), M.Cabrera-2(3rd), A.Dirks(1st)
RBIs- Y.Cespedes(3rd), G.Kottaras-2(3rd), M.Cabrera-5(7th), D.Young(5th),
      A.Dirks(4th), A.Garcia(1st)
STOLEN BASES- A.Jackson(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Garcia
WALKS- C.Crisp, B.Moss, J.Donaldson, S.Smith, A.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- S.Drew-2, Y.Cespedes, B.Moss-2, J.Reddick-3, J.Donaldson, S.Smith,
             C.Pennington, A.Jackson-2, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder, J.Peralta-2,
             A.Garcia
GIDP- Y.Cespedes, J.Donaldson, S.Smith
WILD PITCHES- E.Scribner
2-out RBI- M.Cabrera-4
RLISP 2-out- J.Reddick, A.Dirks, O.Infante, D.Young, A.Jackson
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Cliff Pennington robbed Prince Fielder of a base hit.
 
Third baseman Miguel Cabrera blasted 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Comerica Park
where the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics by the score of 8 to
3.
 
Cabrera enjoyed a big evening at the plate.  He doubled which plated a run in
the 1st inning, lost the ball over the fence for three runs in the 2nd inning
and hit a bases-empty home run in the 7th inning.  Detroit had 12 hits for
the game and Oakland had 6.  
 
Doug Fister(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 5 innings and allowing 3
runs. Tommy Milone(0-1) suffered the loss.  Cabrera was jubilant after the
game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want to see how that game looks on
paper.'