2013 American League Championship Series
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| Dates | October 12–19 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Koji Uehara (Boston) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Joe West (crew chief), Rob Drake, Ron Kulpa, Alfonso Márquez, Dale Scott, Dan Iassogna | ||||||||||||
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| Television | Fox | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Ken Rosenthal, and Erin Andrews | ||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton | ||||||||||||
| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| Boston Red Sox (4) | John Farrell | 97–65, .599, 5.5 GA | |
| Detroit Tigers (2) | Jim Leyland | 93–69, .574, 1 GA |
The 2013 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers for the American League pennant and the right to play in the 2013 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Red Sox won the series 4 games to 2. The series was the 44th in league history, and was the first postseason meeting between the two teams. Fox aired all games in the United States.
Koji Uehara was the series MVP.
To reach the 2013 ALCS, the Red Sox (East Division champions, 97–65) defeated the AL Wild Card Game-winning Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, 3 games to 1. The Tigers (Central Division champions, 93–69) defeated the AL West Champion Oakland Athletics in the ALDS, 3 games to 2.
Boston won the series, 4–2.
Saturday, October 12, 2013 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts
Five Tiger pitchers (Aníbal Sánchez, Al Alburquerque, José Veras, Drew Smyly and Joaquín Benoit) combined to strike out 17 and hold the Red Sox hitless for 81⁄3 innings. Starter Sánchez struck out 12 and walked six through six shutout innings, but was lifted after throwing 116 pitches. Daniel Nava broke up the no-hitter with a one-out single in the ninth off Benoit. He was then lifted for a pinch-runner, former Tiger Quintin Berry, who stole second base with two outs but was stranded there when Xander Bogaerts popped to shortstop to end the game. Benoit lost the no-hitter, but he earned the save, and the Tigers held on to win 1–0. The only run of the game scored in the sixth when Jhonny Peralta, the only player with multiple hits in the game (three), drove in Miguel Cabrera with an RBI single.
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