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American League Championship Series Schedule
| Game | Date | Teams | Time | Network | Probable Starters |
| One | Sat, Oct 13 | Detroit 6 New York 4 |
8:00 PM | TBS | WP Smyly, LP Phelps |
| Two | Sun, Oct 14 | Detroit at New York | 4:00 PM | TBS | Sanchez vs Kuroda |
| Three | Tue, Oct 16 | New York at Detroit | 8:00 PM | TBS | Verlander vs Hughes |
| Four | Wed, Oct 17 | New York at Detroit | 8:00 PM | TBS | Scherzer vs Sabathia |
| Five* | Thu, Oct 18 | New York at Detroit | 4:00 PM | TBS | Fister vs Pettite |
| Six* | Sat, Oct 20 | Detroit at New York | 8:00 PM | TBS | Sanchez vs Kuroda |
| Seven* | Sun, Oct 21 | Detroit at New York | 8:00 PM | TBS | Verlander vs Sabathia |
* If necessary
Team Rosters
Statisics are 2012 regular season
Detroit Tigers Starting Pitchers
| Player | Won/ Loss | ERA | FIP | WHIP | BAA |
| Doug Fister, RHP | 10- 10 | 3.45 | 3.42 | 1.19 | .248 |
| Anibal Sanchez, RHP | 4- 6 | 3.74 | 3.68 | 1.29 | .272 |
| Justin Verlander, RHP | 17- 8 | 2.64 | 2.94 | 1.06 | .215 |
| Max Scherzer, RHP | 16- 7 | 3.74 | 3.27 | 1.27 | .248 |
New York Yankees Starting Pitchers
| Player |
Won/ Loss |
ERA |
FIP |
WHIP |
BAA |
| Andy Pettite, LHP |
5-4 | 2.87 | 3.48 | 1.14 | .230 |
|
Hiroki Kuroda, RHP |
16-11 | 3.32 | 3.86 | 1.17 | .246 |
|
CC Sabathia, LHP |
15-6 | 3.38 | 3.33 | 1.14 | .236 |
|
Phil Hughes, RHP |
16-13 | 4.23 | 4.56 | 1.26 | .257 |
Detroit Tigers Starting Lineup
Statisics are 2012 regular season
| Player |
Pos |
Avg |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
wOBA |
HR |
RBI |
| Austin Jackson |
CF |
.300 |
.377 | 479 |
.856 |
.371 | 16 |
66 |
|
Omar Infante |
2B |
.257 |
.283 | .385 | .668 |
.288 |
4 |
27 |
|
Miguel Cabrera |
3B |
.330 |
.393 | .606 | .999 |
.417 | 44 |
109 |
|
Prince Fielder |
1B |
.313 |
.412 | .528 | .940 |
.398 | 30 |
108 |
|
Delmon Young |
DH |
.267 |
.296 | .411 | .707 |
.305 | 18 |
74 |
|
Jhonny Peralta |
SS |
.239 |
.305 | .384 | .689 |
.301 | 13 |
63 |
|
Andy Dirks |
LF |
.322 |
.370 | .487 | .857 |
.368 | 8 |
35 |
| Alex Avila | C | .243 | .352 | .384 | .736 | .327 | 9 | 42 |
|
Omar Infante |
2B |
.257 |
.283 | .385 | .668 |
.288 |
4 |
27 |
New York Yankees Starting Lineup
Statisics are 2012 regular season
| Player |
Pos |
Avg |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
wOBA |
HR |
RBI |
|
Ichiro Suzuki |
LF |
.322 | .340 | .454 | .794 | .342 | 5 | 27 |
|
Robinson Cano |
2B |
.313 | .379 | .550 | .929 | .394 | 33 | 94 |
|
Mark Teixeira |
1B |
.272 | .353 | .430 | .783 | .342 | 24 | 84 |
|
Raul Ibanez |
DH |
.240 |
308 | .453 | .761 |
.325 | 19 |
62 |
|
Russell Martin |
C |
.211 |
.311 |
.403 | .714 |
.316 | 21 |
53 |
|
Alex Rodriguez |
3B |
.272 |
.353 | .430 | .783 |
.342 | 18 |
57 |
|
Curtis Granderson |
CF |
.232 |
.319 | .492 | .811 |
.346 | 43 |
106 |
|
Nick Swisher |
RF |
.272 |
.364 | .473 | .837 |
.363 | 24 |
93 |
|
Jayson Nix |
SS |
.243 |
.306 | .384 | .690 |
.304 | 4 |
18 |
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