American League Championship Series 2011

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American League Championship Series 2011
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Team (wins) Regular season
Texas Rangers (4) 96-66 0.593
Detroit Tigers (2) 95-67 0.586
Date: October 8-15
MVP: Nelson Cruz (Texas)
 <2010 ALCS 2012> 
ALDS 2011 World Series 2011
Venues for the 2011 AL Championship Series.

The American League Championship Series 2011 (ALCS), in the sport of baseball , will take place between October 8th and 16th, 2011. In it, the winners of the contact American League Division Series in 2011 , Texas Rangers (winning the Western Division) and the Detroit Tigers to the winner of the (winning the Central Division) against each other, American League and its representative in the 2011 World Series to determine . The Texas Rangers won with 4 - 2 wins. Nelson Cruz (Rangers) was awarded as the most valuable player .

Mode and participants

It is a best-of-seven series where the Rangers have the Homefield Advantage because they have won one game more than the Tigers (96 against 95). Therefore, Games 1 and 2 will be played at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington , while Games 3, 4 and 5 will be played at Comerica Park . The last game in 2011 was played again at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, game 7 was canceled due to the Rangers victory.

Results overview

game date Result Total status

(TEX - DET)

place Playtime spectator
Game 1 October 8, 2011 Detroit Tigers - 2 @ Texas Rangers - 3 1 - 0 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:07
(1:50 delay)		 50.114
Game 2 October 10, 2011 ‡ Detroit Tigers - 3 @ Texas Rangers - 7 (11 innings) 2 - 0 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 4:25 51,227
Game 3 October 11, 2011 Texas Rangers - 2 @ Detroit Tigers - 5th 2 - 1 Comerica Park 3:08 41,905
Game 4 October 12, 2011 Texas Rangers - 7 @ Detroit Tigers - 3 (11 innings) 3 - 1 Comerica Park 4:00
(2:13 delay)		 42,234
Game 5 October 13, 2011 Texas Rangers - 5 @ Detroit Tigers - 7 3 - 2 Comerica Park 3:21 41,908
Game 6 October 15, 2011 Detroit Tigers - 5 @ Texas Rangers - Jan. 4 - 2 Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 3:32 51,508
Texas Rangers win 4-2

‡ : The game was originally scheduled for October 9th, but was canceled due to heavy rain and rescheduled for October 10th.

Game summaries

Game 1

Saturday Oct 8, 2011 - 8:05 PM EDT, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington , Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Detroit 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7th 1
Texas 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 6th 0

WP : Alexi Ogando (1-0)   LP : Justin Verlander (0-1)   SV : Neftali Feliz (1)  

HRs :   TEX - Nelson Cruz (1)

Game 2

Monday October 10, 2011 - 7:45 PM EDT, Rangers Ballpark, Arlington, Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 R. H E.
Detroit 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8th 0
Texas 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4th 7th 11 1

WP : Mike Adams (1-0)   LP : Ryan Perry (0-1)  

HRs :   DET - Ryan Raburn (1) TEX - Nelson Cruz 2 (3)

Game 3

Tuesday October 11, 2011 - 8:05 pm EDT, Comerica Park in Detroit , Michigan

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Texas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8th 0
Detroit 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 X 5 11 0

WP : Doug Fister (1-0)   LP : Colby Lewis (0-1)   SV : José Valverde (1)  

HRs :   DET - Víctor Martínez (1), Jhonny Peralta (1), Miguel Cabrera (1)

Game 4

Wednesday Oct 12, 2011 - 4:19 PM EDT, Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 R. H E.
Texas 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4th 7th 11 0
Detroit 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 1

WP : Scott Feldman (1-0)   LP : José Valverde (0-1)  

HRs :   TEX - Nelson Cruz (4) DET - Brandon Inge (1)

Game 5

Thursday Oct 13, 2011 - 4:19 PM EDT, Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Texas 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 10 1
Detroit 0 0 1 1 0 4th 1 0 X 7th 10 1

WP : Justin Verlander (1-1)   LP : CJ Wilson (0-1)   SV : Phil Coke (1)  

HRs :   TEX - Nelson Cruz (5) DET - Alex Avila (1), Delmon Young 2 (2), Ryan Raburn (2)

Game 6

Saturday October 15, 2011 - 8:05 PM EDT, Rangers Ballpark, Arlington, Texas

team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 R. H E.
Detroit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 10 2
Texas 0 0 9 0 1 2 3 0 0 15th 17th 0

WP : Alexi Ogando (2-0)   LP : Max Scherzer (0-1)  

HRs :   DET - Miguel Cabrera 2 (3), Jhonny Peralta (2), Austin Jackson (1) TEX - Michael Young (1), Nelson Cruz (6)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Greg Johns: Cruz's six homers net ALCS MVP honors. MLB.com, October 16, 2011, accessed October 17, 2011 .
  2. ↑ 2011 postseason . In: mlb.mlb.com . Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ Boxscore: Detroit vs. Texas - October 8, 2011 . MLB.com. October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  4. ↑ Boxscore: Detroit vs. Texas - October 10, 2011 . MLB.com. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ Boxscore: Texas vs. Detroit - October 11, 2011 . MLB.com. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ Boxscore: Texas vs. Detroit - October 12, 2011 . MLB.com. October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ Boxscore: Texas vs. Detroit - October 12, 2011 . MLB.com. October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  8. ↑ Boxscore: Detroit vs. Texas - October 15, 2011 . MLB.com. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.

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