ARLINGTON, Texas --

The Detroit Tigers added Delmon Young to their American League Championship Series roster to replace outfielder Magglio Ordonez, who is out for the season with an ankle injury, the team announced Monday.

Young started in left field and was listed as third in the batting order. He popped out to second in his first plate appearance.

Young had been removed from the Tigers' ALCS roster for the series against the Texas Rangers because of an oblique injury, but the Tigers' lack of alternatives in the minor leagues prompted the team to bring him back in hopes that he might be able to contribute.

"He was tested by the doctors and did all kinds of other workouts and exercised yesterday. I just spoke with him," Leyland said. "We were going to wait. It was going to be like an NFL kind of game-time decision. But we've already made the decison. He's fine, swinging good. And he will play."

Young had been removed from the Tigers' ALCS roster for the series against the Texas Rangers because of an oblique injury, but the Tigers' lack of alternatives in the minor leagues prompted the team to bring him back in hopes that he might be able to contribute.