Thursday Night in Oakland Justin Verlander was nothing short of amazing! Detroit's ace and MVP bookended the AL division series with 11-strikeout gems, throwing a four-hitter in the decisive fifth game to get the Tigers back to the AL championship series for a second straight year with a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Verlander tossed his first career postseason shutout and complete game with a 122-pitch masterpiece.
Verlander, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and MVP, was so sharp nobody in the bullpen ever got up to throw. He struck out 22 in his wins on both ends of this nail-biting series.
After squandering two chances to clinch the series, including blowing a two-run ninth-inning lead in Game 4, Leyland left it all up to Verlander just as he said he would.
The Tigers are on to another ALCS despite getting just one RBI all series from Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera -- on a bases-loaded hit by pitch, no less. Booed by the yellow-towel-waving sellout crowd of 36,393 each time he stepped into the batter's box. Cabrera finished 5-for-20, and it was his blooper dropped by Coco Crisp in a 5-4 Game 2 victory Sunday that allowed two runs to score.
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