Bob Wojnowski Comments Detroit â€" This is what you're supposed to do to a scrappy, scruffy opponent. You grab it by the scruff of the neck, and you squeeze. Justin Verlander squeezed ruthlessly Saturday night, just as the docket ordered. In the playoffs, you win with aces, especially against an opponent that sometimes can't hit jacks. The A's are a terrific little story, but the Tigers can't give them any chance to keep telling it. Verlander shut them down 3-1, striking out 11, including five straight in the sixth and seventh innings. Oakland hitters got frustrated by all of it, including the wide strike zone of home-plate umpire Jim Reynolds, and weren't bashful about griping. Jose...
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