AL Championship Series: Yankees vs. Tigers

Game 4: Detroit Tigers players run out of the dugout after winning Game 4 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

Game 4: Detroit fans celebrate after the Tigers sweep the Yankees in the ALCS.

Game 4: Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Octavio Dotel celebrates after the Tigers swept the Yankees.

Game 4: Tigers palyers celebrate in the clubhouse after earning a trip to the World Series.

Game 4: Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder celebrates in the clubhouse after sweeping the Yankees in the ALCS.

Game 4: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera celebrates in the clubhouse after the Tigers won 8-1 to sweep the ALCS.

Game 4: Tigers ace Justin Verlander celebrates after Detroit swept the Yankees Thursday in the ALCS. Verlander will start Game 1 of the World Series, just as he did for the Tigers in the 2006 World Series.

Game 4: The Detroit Tigers show off their American League Championship tee shirts after sweeping the Yankees to clinch a berth in the World Series.

Game 4: Manager Jim Leyland celebrates on the field after the Tigers beat the Yankees 8-1 to sweep the ALCS and advance to the World Series.

Game 4: Detroit third baseman Miguel Cabrera holds his son and daughter while he celebrates on the field after beating the Yankees in the 2012 ALCS.

Game 4: Detroit first baseman Prince Fielder hugs teammates on the field after the Tigers swept the Yankees in the ALCS.

Game 4: As teammates celebrate around him, Tigers reliever Phil Coke, front right, gets fired up on the field after Detroit rolled past the New York Yankees 8-1 to sweep ALCS 4-0.

Game 4: First baseman Prince Fielder, right, and second baseman Omar Infante celebrate after Fielder squeezes the pop fly for the final out of the game. The Tigers routed the Yankees 8-1 to sweep the series 4-0.

Game 4: Detroit third baseman Miguel Cabrera holds his daughter Isabella Cabrera after the Tigers cruised past the Yankees 8-1 to sweep the ALCS and advancce to the World Series.

Game 4: Detroit fans taunt Alex Rodriguez and cheer after he grounds out for the second out in the ninth inning.

Game 4: Yankees right fielder Nick Swisher doubles to center to drive in Eduardo Nunez with the Yankees lone run in the top of the sixth inning.

Game 4: Yankees shortshop Eduardo Nunez is charged with an error on a ball hit by the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera during the fifth inning. Nunez would later triple and score the Yankees lone run in the sixth inning.

Game 4: Alex Rodriguez pinch hits for Raul Ibanez in the 6th inning. He flies out to center to end the inning but remains in the game as the designated hitter.

Game 4: Tigers starter Max Scherzer waves to the crowd as he is relieved in the 6th inning.

Game 4: CC Sabathia allows 11 hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Game 4: Jhonny Peralta rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off of CC Sabathia in the fourth inning. He gives the Tigers a 6-0 lead.

Game 4: Miguel Cabrera's two-run home run in the fourth inning was the ninth of his career in the postseason.

Game 4: Slugger Miguel Cabrera hits a two-run home run in the fourth to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead.

Game 4: Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira commits an error in the third inning.

Game 4:Yankees' Nick Swisher strikes out for the third out with runners on first and second in the third inning.

Game 4: CC Sabathia labors through the first three innings, throwing 73 pitches and allowing one earned run.

Game 4: Delmon Young singles in the first inning to drive in Omar Infante.

Game 4: Tigers starter Max Scherzer has seven strikeouts through the first four innings.

Game 4 Postponement: Rain falls at Comerica Park. Game 4 was postponed from Wednesday to Thursday because of rain.

Game 4 Postponed: Tigers fan Mike Brannon was ready for Game 4. The weather wasn't.

Game 4 Postponement: This young Tigers fan, Nathan Glinski, is bummed out by the rain.

Game 4 Postponed: The grounds crew unravels the tarp on the infield.

Game 4 Postponed: Two Tigers fans remain in the stands after the announcement.

Game 3: Center fielder Austin Jackson, right, celebrates with first baseman Prince Fielder after the Tigers edged the Yankees 2-1 at Comerica Park in Detroit to take a 3-0 series lead.

Game 3: Tigers reliever cheers along with the Detroit crowd after recording the final two outs in the bottom of the ninth to earn his second save of the series and preserve a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees.

Game 3: New York's Eduardo Nunez, left, gets a high five from third base coach Rob Thomson after hitting a solo home run to left off Tigers starter Justin Verlander in the top of the ninth to put the Yankees on the board.

Game 3: Tigers left fielder Andy Dirks jumps up against the fence but is unable to catch the home-run ball hit by the Yankees' Eduardo Nunez in the top of the ninth inning. The homer was the first and only run allowed by the Tigers.

Game 3: Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander shut out the Yankees for eight innings. He left the game in the ninth after allowing one run and three hits in Detroit's 2-1 win at Comerica Park.

Game 3: Tigers catcher Alex Avila makes a leaping catch in foul territory off the bat of the Yankees' Russell Martin during the second inning at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Game 3: The Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki dives back to first base during the fourth inning. Suzuki had singled to left but was left stranded at first.

Game 3: Tigers designated hitter Delmon Young belts a solo home to left field to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning and give Detroit a 1-0 lead.

Game 3: New York Yankees starter Phil Hughes takes a drink in the dugout after being lifted from the game because of back spasms during the fourth inning.

Game 3: Tigers left fielder Quintin Berry steals second base as Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano blocks the throw during the fifth inning. Berry would come around to score the game's second run.

Game 3: Detroit's Miguel Cabrera belts a double to center during the fifth inning to score Quintin Berry from second base.

Game 3: Prince Fielder, right, congratulates Quintin Berry after scoring a run in the fifth inning to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

Game 2: Angry about a missed call earlier in the inning, Yankees manager Joe Girardi is ejected by second base umpire Jeff Nelson during a pitching change.

Game 2: To the pleasure of the fans, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez finally gets a hit in the ninth inning.

Game 2: The Tigers' Omar Infante, left, was called safe at second base in the eighth inning when replays clearly showed Robinson Cano tagged him out.

Game 2: The Tigers' Alex Avila, left, gets a pat on the back from Prince Fielder after Avila made a catch on a foul ball.

Game 2: The Tigers' Anibal Sanchez matched Hiroki Kuroda with six scoreless innings.

Game 2: The Yankees' Hiroki Kuroda had a perfect game through five innings until Jhonny Peralta singled to lead of the sixth inning.

Game 2: Alex Rodriguez strikes out again in the fourth inning, his 12th strikeout of the postseason.

Game 2:Alex Rodriguez walks to the dugout after fanning in the second inning. He's batting .130 in the postseason.

1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees, $23,125,000

Game 1: Tigers catcher Alex Avila, left, and Prince Fielder celebrate after a 6-4 win in 12 innings.

Game 1: Derek Jeter is carried off the field by trainer Steve Donohue and manager Joe Girardi. The Yankees shortstop and captain fractured his left ankle and is out for the rest of the postseason.

Game 1: Derek Jeter was injured in the 12th inning while fielding a ground ball.

Game 1: Delmon Young doubles to give the Tigers the lead in the 12th inning.

Game 1: Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder drives in a run with a single in the sixth inning.

Game 1: Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter breaks his bat on a foul.

Game 1: Tigers starter Doug Fister blanked the Yankees through 6 1/3 innings.

Game 1: Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez reacts to striking out in the sixth inning.

Game 1: Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson is chagrined after striking out with the bases loaded to end the sixth inning.

Game 1: Yankees left fielder Raul Ibanez is out at second on Alex Rodriguez's grounder with the bases loaded.

Game 1: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera scores a run in the fifth inning.

Game 1: Yankees starter Andy Pettitte delivers a pitch. Pettitte allowed two runs in 6 2/3 innings.