October 8, 2013: Tigers 3 A's 0 (Tigers win series, 3-1)

Doug Fister, Jose Veras, Drew Smyly, Rick Porcello and Joaquin Benoit combined to do what Anibal Sanchez did alone the night before - keep the A's off the scoreboard. The back-to-back whitewashings eliminate the A's and send the Tigers to the ALCS. The Tigers drew first blood in the 4th inning with 3 straight singles, then a 2-run Victor Martinez homer in the 9th put 'em away for good.

The Tigers will await the winner of game 5 in the Orioles-Red Sox series.

The series MVP is Prince Fielder. Although Miguel Cabrera hit .533 in the series, he had just 2 RBI, both on solo homers. Fielder also had 2 HR, but had 7 RBI total, including the first (and deciding) run in game 4.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Detroit Tigers At 2013 Oakland Athletics             10/8/2013
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        4  0  0  0 .222     C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .125  
  T.Hunter RF         4  1  1  0 .444     J.Donaldson 3B      4  0  0  0 .286  
  M.Cabrera 3B        3  1  2  0 .533     J.Lowrie SS         3  0  0  0 .214  
  P.Fielder 1B        4  0  1  1 .286     Y.Cespedes DH       3  0  1  0 .143  
  V.Martinez DH       4  1  1  2 .250     D.Norris C          4  0  0  0 .167  
  J.Peralta LF        3  0  0  0 .143     D.Barton 1B         1  0  0  0 .250  
B-D.Kelly LF          1  0  0  0 .500   A-B.Moss PH,1B        1  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Avila C           4  0  2  0 .200     C.Young LF          2  0  0  0 .000  
  O.Infante 2B        2  0  0  0 .357   C-S.Smith PH,LF       1  0  1  0 .286  
  J.Iglesias SS       3  0  0  0 .077     J.Reddick RF        3  0  1  0 .200  
                                          E.Sogard 2B         2  0  0  0 .250  
                                        D-A.Callaspo PH,2B    1  0  1  01.000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  7  3                 Totals      29  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Barton In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Peralta In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Young In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sogard In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 2  -  3  7  0
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Tigers (3-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Fister WIN(1-0)         6       2   0   0   2   3   0  72   0.00
J.Veras HOLD(1st)         1       1   0   0   0   2   0  20   6.75
D.Smyly HOLD(1st)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6  27.00
R.Porcello HOLD(1st)      0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
J.Benoit SAVE(2nd)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   0.00
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   6   0
 
Athletics (1-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Straily LOSS(0-1)       7       5   1   1   1   3   0  88   1.29
R.Cook                    1       1   1   1   0   0   0  20   2.70
S.Doolittle               1       1   1   1   0   1   1  19   3.00
Totals                    9       7   3   3   1   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 31,651 DATE- Tuesday, October 8th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Adrian Johnson, Fieldin Culbreth, Brian O'Nora, Bill Welke
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Athletics: 1
DOUBLES- A.Avila(1st), Y.Cespedes(1st)
HOME RUNS- V.Martinez(1st)
RBIs- P.Fielder(7th), V.Martinez-2(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- O.Infante
WALKS- M.Cabrera, J.Lowrie, D.Barton
HIT BY PITCH- Y.Cespedes
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson, T.Hunter, P.Fielder, O.Infante, C.Crisp, Y.Cespedes,
             D.Norris-2, D.Barton, C.Young
GIDP- J.Peralta, C.Crisp, E.Sogard
WILD PITCHES- D.Straily
RLISP 2-out- P.Fielder, D.Norris, A.Jackson, O.Infante
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 7  Athletics: 0 for 2
 
At O.co Coliseum, the Oakland fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.  Doug
Fister(1-0) finally bested his Oakland opposite, Dan Straily(0-1), by the
score of 3 to 0.
 
Fister earned his pay with a solid performance for Detroit.  He went 6 innings
surrendering 2 hits and 2 walks.  Detroit had 7 hits for the game and Oakland
had 4.  
 
Joaquin Benoit got the save, his 2nd.  Straily was the losing pitcher.  He
pitched 7 innings giving up 5 hits and 1 walk.