2012 American League Division Series
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| Dates | October 7–12 | ||||||||||||
| Television | TBS | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Ernie Johnson, Jr., Cal Ripken, Jr. and John Smoltz | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dan Shulman and Orel Hershiser | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Brian Gorman (crew chief), Mark Carlson, Fieldin Culbreth, Mike Everitt, Ángel Hernández, Tony Randazzo | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 6–11 | ||||||||||||
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TBS (Games 1, 3) MLB Network (Game 2) TNT (Games 4–5) |
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| TV announcers |
Don Orsillo and Buck Martinez (TBS/TNT) Matt Vasgersian and Jim Kaat (MLBN) |
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| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Dave O'Brien and Aaron Boone | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Jim Reynolds, Mark Wegner, Dana DeMuth (crew chief), Eric Cooper, Wally Bell, Scott Barry | ||||||||||||
| AL Wild Card Game | Baltimore Orioles over Texas Rangers, 5–1 | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Yankees (3) | Joe Girardi | 95–67, .586, GA: 2 | |
| Baltimore Orioles (2) | Buck Showalter | 93–69, .574, GB: 2 |
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| Detroit Tigers (3) | Jim Leyland | 88–74, .543, GA: 3 | |
| Oakland Athletics (2) | Bob Melvin | 94–68, .580, GA: 1 |
The 2012 American League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the participating teams in the 2012 American League Championship Series. The three divisional winners and a fourth team—the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff— played in two series. TBS carried most of the games, with some on MLB Network or TNT.
The series used the 2–3 format for 2012 because on March 2 the league had implemented the new "wild card" playoff, eliminating the travel day between Games 4 and 5. The 2–3 format was used for best-of-five Championship Series rounds prior to 1985 and for the Division Series rounds from 1995–1997. The matchups for the 2012 ALDS were:
This was the third postseason match-up between the Athletics and the Tigers, and previously the Tigers had defeated the A's 4–0 in the 2006 ALCS. The Yankees and Orioles were meeting in the postseason for the second time; the Yankees had beaten the Orioles 4–1 in the 1996 ALCS, which witnessed the controversial Jeffrey Maier incident in Game 1.
New York won the series, 3–2.
Detroit won the series, 3–2.
6:07 p.m. (EDT) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland (moved to 8:47 p.m. EDT due to rain delay)
The Yankees struck first in the first inning when Derek Jeter singled and Ichiro Suzuki doubled to score Jeter for the game's first run, giving the Yankees a 1–0 lead. In the bottom of the third inning, Orioles outfielder Chris Davis singled, followed by a Lew Ford single, a Robert Andino sacrifice bunt, and a single by Nate McLouth gave the O's a 2–1 lead. Then in the top of the fourth the Yankees tied the game at two with a Mark Teixeira single with two men on. The game remained tied going into the ninth inning, until a lead off home run by Russell Martin pushed the Yankees ahead 3–2. Consecutive singles by Raúl Ibañez, Derek Jeter, and Ichiro Suzuki scored Ibanez, giving the Yankees a 4–2 lead. Robinson Canó doubled to score Jeter and Ichiro. Nick Swisher hit a sacrifice fly to score Canó, making the score 7–2. David Robertson came in to get the final out of the game, giving the Yankees the win and a one-game to nothing lead.
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