AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Game 4 (Tigers lead, 3-0)

Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 ... Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
[Note: Due to a rainout, the game was postponed to Thursday at 4:07 p.m. Tickets for Wednesday's scheduled game are the ones that will be honored Thursday, while those marked "Home Game No. 3" will be good for Friday's Game 5, if necessary.]

Venue: Comerica Park

Time: 8:07 p.m. 4:07 p.m.

TV: TBS

Radio: ESPN Radio

DETROIT TIGERS:

Austin Jackson, CF (.250, 2-2B, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 12K/2BB vs. CC)

Omar Infante, 2B (.207, 2-2B, HR, 3 RBI, 10K/2BB vs. CC)

Miguel Cabrera, 3B (.357, 2-2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 4K/8BB vs. CC)

Prince Fielder, 1B (.364, HR, 3 RBI, 3K/1BB vs. CC)

Delmon Young, DH (.235, 3-2B, HR, 1 RBI, 9K/1BB vs. CC)

Jhonny Peralta, SS (.100, 2-2B, 2 RBI, 5K/4BB vs. CC)

Andy Dirks, LF

Avisail Garcia, RF

Gerald Laird, C (.417, 2-2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2K/4BB vs. CC)

Starting pitcher: Max Scherzer, RHP

2012 postseason: 1 GS, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5.1 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 8 K/2 BB, 0.750 WHIP

Postseason career: 5 G, 4 GS, 1-1, 4.29 ERA, 21.0 IP, 10 ER, 22K/2BB, 1.333 WHIP

2012 regular season: 32 GS, 16-7, 3.74 ERA, 187.2 IP, 78 ER, 23 HR, 231K/60BB, 1.274 WHIP

Career at Comerica Park: 47 GS, 23-11, 3.45 ERA, 287.1 IP, 28 HR, 287K/83BB

NEW YORK YANKEES:

Ichiro Suzuki, RF (.267, 1-3B, 1 K vs. Scherzer)
Nick Swisher, LF (.200, 4 BB, 5 K vs. Scherzer)

Robinson Cano, 2B (.231, HR, 1 HR, 4 K vs. Scherzer)

Mark Teixeira, 1B (.176, 1-2B, HR, 1 RBI, 4 K vs. Scherzer)

Raul Ibanez, DH (0-for-2, 1 BB vs. Scherzer)

Eric Chavez, 3B (2-for-2, 1 BB vs. Scherzer)

Russell Martin, C (.176, 1-2B, 1 RBI, 3K vs. Scherzer)

Brett Gardner, CF (0-for-9, 4 K vs. Scherzer)

Eduardo Nunez, SS

Manager Joe Girardi, on not making any changes to his radically-modified lineup after Wednesday's rainout: "As you look at the decisions we make, there's really not a whole lot to change because of a rain. And our decisions aren't made on a whim, they are based on a lot of stuff that we see and information that we have. So no."
"Would I love to be in a position where I didn't have to make changes? Absolutely. But there's been some real struggles in our lineup, and we had to do something."

Starting pitcher: CC Sabathia

2012 postseason: 2 GS, 2-0, 1.53 ERA, 17.2 IP, 3 ER, 16K/3BB, 0.849 WHIP

Postseason career: 18 G, 17 GS, 9-4, 4.25 ERA, 103.2 IP, 49 ER, 98K/49BB, 12 HR

2012 regular season: 28 GS, 15-6, 3.38 ERA, 200 IP, 75 ER, 22 HR, 197K/44BB

Career at Comerica Park: 16 GS, 9-5, 4.26 ERA, 105.2 IP, 50 ER, 13 HR, 87K/26BB