Reuters: Sports News: Tigers clinch Division Series opener against Athletics

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Tigers clinch Division Series opener against Athletics Oct 5th 2013, 06:11 Sat Oct 5, 2013 1:33am EDT (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers scored three runs in the first inning and that was all they needed to beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 in Game One of their American League Division Series on Friday. Ace Detroit pitcher Max Scherzer threw six scoreless innings before giving up a towering two-run homer to Yoenis Cespedes in the bottom of the seventh with none out. Scherzer, who recorded the most wins for any major league pitcher in the regular season, showed his class to get through the rest of the inning without further damage. The Athletics did not seriously threaten to score again as the Tigers held on to record a precious road win in the best-of-five series. Scherzer gave up just three hits -- two of them in the seventh -- in the win while Bartolo Colon took the loss after conceding 10 hits in six innings. Joaquin Benoit threw a four-out save, finishing off the game in style for the Tigers by striking out Josh Reddick. Game Two will be played in Oakland on Saturday, before the series moves to Detroit.

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