For those that follow trends, I found the following on Freeplays Preview:
"Oakland will be trying to buck a trend of Game 5 failures on Thursday. The A's have lost all five Game 5s they have played in the ALDS and are a miserable 1-11 in potential clinching games since losing the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds back in 1990."
I am sure there can be plenty of debate on how this could possibly affect today's game, but, I did find it interesting info.