Speedster Rajai Davis is the X-factor in the ALDS. Credit: espn.com

Tigers manager Brad Ausmus and Orioles skipper Buck Showalter have announced their starting lineups for Game 1 of tonight’s best-of-five American League Division Series. Hobbled Tigers outfielder Rajai Davis is in the lineup, batting ninth and playing center field.

First pitch at Baltimore’s Camden Yards is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

We suggest you tune down the volume on TBS and turn up your radio to Dan Dickerson with the play-by-play on 97.1 FM.

DETROIT

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B (RH)
2. Torii Hunter, RF (RH)
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B (RH)
4. Victor Martinez, DH (SH)
5. J.D. Martinez, LF (RH)
6. Alex Avila, C (LH)
7. Nick Castellanos, 3B (RH) 
8. Andrew Romine, SS (SH)
9. Rajai Davis, CF (RH)

Starting pitcher, right-hander Max Scherzer

BALTIMORE

1. Nick Markakis, RF (LH)
2. Alejandro De Aza, LF (LH)
3. Adam Jones, CF (RH)
4. Nelson Cruz, DH (RH)
5. Steve Pearce, 1B (RH)
6. J.J. Hardy, SS (RH)
7. Ryan Flaherty, 3B (LH)
8. Nick Hundley, C (RH)
9. Jonathan Schoop, 2B (RH)

Starting pitcher, right-hander Chris Tillman 

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SPJ Award–winning journalist Dave Mesrey is a veteran copy editor who’s worked for the Detroit Metro Times, Motor City Muckraker, The Detroit News, and ESPN’s Grantland.com. The editor of Willie...

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