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Tigers catcher Alex Avila will start in ALCS Game 6

by Alex Hall
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ALCS 2013: Red Sox beat Tigers in 6 games to capture AL pennant
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The Detroit Tigers announced that catcher Alex Avila is good to go for Game 6 on Saturday.

Avila suffered a patellar tendon strain in his left knee after a big collision at home plate in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.

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