Related topics Oakland AthleticsMLBGame ReviewsGame previewsDetroit Tigers Advertisement The Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander was his usual dominant self against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, beating the A's, 3-1, in the opener of the teams' American League Division Series. The 2011 AL Cy Young and MVP Award winner struck out 11 hitters in only seven innings, and overall, Oakland batters whiffed 14 times in the game. The A's had many chances to string together some offense, getting runners on base with one out or less in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings. But they never could get the big hit off Verlander. Coco Crisp scored Oakland's only run leading off the game with a solo...
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