It seemed like a quaint little quirk in the schedule on Sept. 18-20, when Oakland visited Detroit for a three-game series -- a set of three games that nobody at the time saw as a preview of a best-of-five American League Division Series which begins Saturday evening in Detroit. It was serious stuff at the time for the Tigers, though, as they were struggling to catch the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central. Serious enough that for more than a week the club had two scouts follow the surprising A's, watching a club that had serious roster turnover since the two last played May 10-13 in Oakland. Manager Jim Leyland credited the scouting reports for giving his staff tips that helped Detroit win the first two games of the series. Oakland took advantage of shoddy Detroit defense to run the third game. Overall, Detroit won the series 4-3. The Tigers have seen Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin once each and Tommy Milone twice. "I think it was a good thing we got a...
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PLAYERS:
Jim Leyland,
A.J. Griffin,
Austin Jackson,
Justin Verlander,
Doug Fister,
Max Scherzer,
Anibal Sanchez,
Rick Porcello,
Bob Melvin,
Miguel Cabrera,
Prince Fielder,
Quintin Berry,
Omar Infante
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics
TEAMS: Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics
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