the tigers lost to oakland athletics in the world series.
the tigers lost to oakland athletics in the world series.
who did the tigers lose to in the world series?
oakland athletics
the 2012 world series was the championship series of major league baseball's (mlb) 2012 season. the 108th edition of the world series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the national league (nl) champion san francisco giants and the american league (al) champion detroit tigers; the giants won in a four-game sweep. this marked the giants' seventh world series title in franchise history, their second in san francisco (they won five in new york), and their second in a three-year period (2010–2012). their world series sweep was the first by an nl team since the cincinnati reds swept the oakland athletics in the 1990 series and the first nl sweep not by the reds since 1963, when the los angeles dodgers swept the new york yankees. this was also the first world series since 1988 to feature both of that year's league mvps. the giants' pablo sandoval, who in game 1 tied a record by hitting three home runs in one world series game, two off tigers' ace pitcher justin verlander, was named the world series most valuable player (mvp).
2012 world series
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bullet::::- april 16: on opening day in detroit, the tigers draw the largest crowd, 49,417, in the major leagues. the tigers lose to the st. louis browns, 5–1, as detroit castoff slick coffman won over bobo newsom.









































bullet::::- april 25: the tigers beat the st. louis browns, 4–2, for their fourth consecutive win. bobo newsom got the win for detroit. elden auker, who helped the tigers win the 1935 world series, was the losing pitcher from the browns.
1940 detroit tigers season