By Tom Gage The Detroit News Comments Detroit â€" Don't forget to put a little something extra in their envelopes at Christmas. It's not just been with hitting and pitching that the Tigers have won two straight from the recently hot, now not, Oakland Athletics. With Justin Verlander fighting through a sea of foul balls to finish with six scoreless innings, adding to the seven scoreless he threw in Cleveland last time out, the Tigers beat the A's 6-2 Wednesday night at Comerica Park. Verlander exited after six because Oakland's 34 foul balls hiked his pitch count to 122. It's what they did best against him, in fact, fighting off pitch after pitch en route to eventual outs. Oakland's two runs...
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