Welcome to USA TODAY's coverage of Game 6 of the American League Championship Series.

The Texas Rangers returned home and took care of business, routing the Detroit Tigers 15-5 in Game 6 of the ALCS and advancing to the World Series.

SUMMARY: Rangers 15, Tigers 5 (Rangers win series 4-2)

Recap of Game 6:

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11:45: Neftali Feliz shuts down the Tigers 1-2-3 to advance to the World Series. The Rangers are the first American League team to repeat Series appearances since the 2000-01 New York Yankees.

11:34: Neftali Feliz comes in for the Rangers in the ninth to close out the Tigers.

11:20: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera smokes a home run to left center. Ranger pitchers still can't figure him out. It was his second home run of the game.

11:09: No mas! Tigers manager Jim Leyland relieves Brad Penny for Al Alburquerque. Alburquerque's first pitch was high and inside, brushing back Ian Kinsler. Both sides warned after the pitch. Drama starting in the blowout.

11:04: Wow, Nelson Cruz hits his ALCS-record sixth home run. He has eight hits in the series -- all for extra bases (includes 2 doubles). He also has an ALCS-record 13 RBI. Cruz is first player to hit a home run cycle - a solo, 2-run, 3-run and grand slam - in same series in postseason history. Tigers pitcher Brad Penny is getting abused -- 1.2 innings, 6 hits, 5 earned runs, 2 home runs.

11:00: The onslaught continues for the Rangers after a solo home run by Michael Young to center field. It was his first home run this postseason and his fifth RBI tonight.

10:44: RBI singles by Craig Gentry and Ian Kinsler increases the Rangers lead to 12-4 -- their biggest lead of the game.

10:34: Welcome Brad Penny to the game. It's his first appearance in this postseason. On his first pitch, he gives up a leadoff double to Adrian Beltre. There is no let up in the Rangers offense.

10:30: Alexi Ogando starts the sixth inning for the Rangers. He strikes out the side -- Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young (his third strikeout of the game) and Jhonny Peralta.

10:15: Tigers' Austin Jackson and Ryan Rayburn collide in right-center field attempting to catch a fly ball that drops in off of Ian Kinsler's bat to start the bottom of fifth inning. Jackson has had a tough time manning center field in this series. It cost them a run as Kinsler scores on a Josh Hamilton sacrifice fly.

10:11: Rangers left fielder Josh Hamilton crashes into the wall to make a great catch to end the fifth inning.

10:06: Tigers' Austin Jackson hits a two-run home run to cut the Rangers lead to 9-4 in the fifth inning. It's the third home run of the game for the Tigers. Manager Ron Washington removes starter Derek Holland with two outs in the fifth inning. Holland will not get a decision in the game. Scott Feldman in for the Rangers.

10:02: Brad Penny warming up in the bullpen for the Tigers. Penny was to be used for emergency-only reasons. Looks like Jim Leyland may have found one.

9:39: It wouldn't be too stunning to find out they've already started printing World Series tickets in Texas. Thanks to a nine-run explosion in the bottom of the third inning, the Rangers have taken control of this game and the ALCS. The Tigers go through four pitchers before the inning mercifully ends. Michael Young has a pair of two-run doubles in the highest-scoring inning in Rangers playoff history. Nine runs on six hits and three walks ... and Texas is up 9-2.

9:25: David Murphy's bases-loaded single drives in two more runs and the Rangers take a 5-2 lead. Schlereth faces just one batter and leaves in favor of Rick Porcello. One thing to note, if not for a diving stop by Tigers third baseman Brandon Inge on Ian Kinsler's leadoff sizzler, there wouldn't be anyone out in the inning. The Tigers season is hanging in the balance here as Porcello faces pinch-hitter Craig Gentry.

9:17: Six straight Rangers hitters reach base and that's all for Max Scherzer. After Adrian Beltre's RBI single, Scherzer walks both Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz to load the bases with one out and bring in left-hander Daniel Schlereth to face lefty David Murphy. It's Schlereth's first appearance in the ALCS. Scherzer goes just 2 1/3 innings and throws 62 pitches. There was a questionable check swing call on a 2-2 pitch to Cruz that could loom large should this inning turn into something even bigger for Texas.

9:07: Max Scherzer hangs a slider to Rangers 1B Michael Young, who rips it into the left-field corner to score two runs and tie the score 2-2. Adrian Beltre cashes in Young with an RBI single and gives the Rangers their first lead at 3-2. Rick Porcello and lefty Daniel Schlereth are warming up in the Tigers bullpen.

8:47: Nelson Cruz takes advantage of the jet stream with a long two-out double to right-center, but the Rangers can't cash him in. Tigers starter Max Scherzer has allowed a runner to get in scoring position in each of the first two innings, but has managed to work out of trouble.

8:33: In the top of the second, Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta goes deep -- like Miguel Cabrera's homer in the first, it was to the opposite field wall -- for a solo home run just over the right field that puts Detroit ahead 2-0.

8:24: For all the talk about the Rangers' power in this series, they have 5 HRs -- all by Nelson Cruz. By comparison, the Tigers now have ten.

8:17: After a ground-ball double play, Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera gets one up in the jet stream and just barely clears the right-field wall to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead. The wind could very well have given that ball the extra oomph it needed to go out.

8:06: Looks like the flags are blowing in from right field as we get set for the first pitch at Rangers Ballpark. Because of the unique currents in this stadium, that's generally good news for the hitters. If the wind blows in at the top of the enclosed ballpark, it tends to swirl inside and give balls hit to the outfield a little extra boost. We'll see if that makes any difference in tonight's game.

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