Postseason Tigers coverage

Our Tigers postseason coverage, start to finish:

GAME 162
The Tigers did their part toward claiming home-field advantage in the ALDS, winning their final game of the regular season, but it did not matter, as the Texas Rangers won their finale to finish one game ahead.

POSTSEASON COVERAGE PLAN
This is what you can expect from The Oakland Press' coverage of the Detroit Tigers' run through the American League postseason.

ALDS PREVIEW
The Tigers may not have gotten home field, but they certainly didn't head to New York fearful of facing the Yankees.

PLAYOFF PREVIEW
No one expected it would take five seasons to return to the postseason after the 2006 trip to the World Series, but it did. Now will this season's trip make the wait worth it?

PLAYOFF PREVIEW
The Tigers may not have started out as one of the best teams in the American League, but they finished that way. The reason was the astute in-season moves by GM Dave Dombrowski, to go with the solid offseason moves he'd already made.

PLAYOFF PREVIEW
What to expect from each match-up — current and potential — as well as prediction for all four MLB playoff series.

POSTSEASON ROSTER ANNOUNCED
The much-awaited announcement of the Tigers' postseason roster.

LEYLAND'S LOYALTY
A quick look at the decision to keep fifth starter Brad Penny on the postseason roster.

GAME 1 ALDS LIVE CHAT — Tigers at Yankees
The recap of our chat from Friday's eventual rainout.

IMPACT OF RAINOUT ON PITCHING MATCH-UPS
While Friday's rainout wasn't ideal, the impact on the Tigers' pitching situation isn't as devastating as some are making it out to be.

GAME 2: MAX SCHERZER SHINES ON BIGGEST STAGE
Max Scherzer, the third wheel in the Tigers' pitching rotation, provided a pivotal performance in Sunday's Game 2, carrying a no-hitter one out into the fifth, helping send the series back to Detroit, tied at 1-1, with ace Justin Verlander taking the mound Monday night.