despite battling a late-season injury, scherzer pitched successfully for the tigers in the 2012 postseason, after they had won the al central division. he made three starts, going 1–0 with a 2.08 era, while striking out 26 batters over 17 innings. the tigers reached the world series, for the first of scherzer's career, and opposed the san francisco giants. he started game 4, yielded three earned runs in 6 innings while striking out eight batters, and received a no-decision as the tigers lost the game in extra innings, 4−3.