fade Fister today as Oakland closes this out.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Just that easy huh face? lol

[wagerjunkie]

Scherzer fukkin jacked up! Man I fukkin love the playoffs atmosphere

nuttin better

[face]

was just posting the players

[rcene]

get this Rick Ankiel fuk out of here

[R.P. McMurphy]

Gotcha!

[Sir_Don_Yeggins]

bases juiced...no outs... and no penetrating runs. joke?

[rcene]

Free pass. Insurance available here

[wagerjunkie]

i can afford 1 damn run n thats it

[R.P. McMurphy]

Yeah Sir Don I will give Max his credit but there was some luck involved and the Tigs have been so close to death all night while escaping somehow. Lets get outta this and into top 9. BELIEVE !!!

[wagerjunkie]

jaysus h christ with this bullpen

[Itsamazing777]

The as we're lucky to begin

The tigers had the best hitters and pitchers this season.

[teaserpleaser]

wtf happened to the A's bullpen been solid all year now they cant throw strikes

[rcene]

So he walks the bases loaded. However, that was not the plan as in the top of this inning

[rcene]

Doolittle was overexposed in this series. Anderson was not part of that pen for basically the entire year.

Wild pitches in a run! Anderson LOL

[aufordboy]

LOL insurance run on wild pitch!!!

[rcene]

Infante rips in 2 more! And this game is over!

[teaserpleaser]

yikes

[wagerjunkie]

motherfuckin sickening.......all with two fkn outs

[rcene]

Verlander on the horizon for game 5 now. Leyland looks like a genius. Melvin is playing with his meatballs.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Oh shit that hurt its over! Oh well onto gm 5 where I would rather face Zoolander than Max!

[wagerjunkie]

crustyme in 3..2.1..

[teaserpleaser]

i can afford 1 damn run n thats it

all unders dead my under 9 was hoping for a 5-4 push all with 2 outs

[face]

will have to wait till thursday to cash i guess
no way the shitty tigers are winning this series

[Itsamazing777]

will have to wait till thursday to cash i guess
no way the shitty tigers are winning this series

Tigers best pitchers in the game all season
Tigers best hitters in the game all season
Buried

Try again.

[whtsox13]

Scherzer shines today! What a performance again from Cy Young winner

2 innings, 2 walks, 2K, gave up go ahead run. Not really shining but Tiger bats are.

[face]

not buried actually cokkass
took a's +295 for series after game one

[wagerjunkie]

all unders dead my under 9 was hoping for a 5-4 push all with 2 outs

ya. only one game. on to the next. sorry fellas.

[Itsamazing777]

Oh shit that hurt its over! Oh well onto gm 5 where I would rather face Zoolander than Max!

Really? Verlander has owned Oakland.Pretty much 10 k's every time, 4 hits..........
But you know this, and are just desperate, lol.
These don't even include the playoffs, in which the numbers are much worse...

Justin Verlander Batter vs Pitching Stats



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OAKLAND ATHLETICS CAREER STATISTICS VS. JUSTIN VERLANDER
BATTER	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Daric Barton	14	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	.143	.333	.214	.548
Alberto Callaspo	19	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.211	.286	.211	.496
Yoenis Cespedes	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.667	1.167
Coco Crisp	24	8	2	0	0	3	1	3	.333	.360	.417	.777
Josh Donaldson	10	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.300	.417	.300	.717
Jed Lowrie	8	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708
Brandon Moss	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	.125	.222	.500	.722
Derek Norris	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500
Andy Parrino	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Josh Reddick	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.231	.385
Scott Sizemore	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
Seth Smith	9	2	0	0	1	1	5	1	.222	.500	.556	1.056
Eric Sogard	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
Kurt Suzuki	26	6	2	0	0	2	1	3	.231	.259	.308	.567
Stephen Vogt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
Jemile Weeks	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chris Young	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333
Totals	167	36	8	0	2	13	18	34	.216	.292	.299	.591

[slayer14]

still a big mistake this by weyland needed scherzer to pitch 7 innings game 5

[R.P. McMurphy]

Let these fukking clowns capitalize in bottom 8th. Still though our offense could have made it so much harder they lucked out some and we let them off the hook several times. Top 8th was fukking disgusting! We will see these over-rated half hearted fukks again gm5 Oakland baby. Bring your lunchbox Zoolander!

[slayer14]

2 men on

[Itsamazing777]

Good luck. You'll need it against verlander the a killer

[crustyme]

the A's are in the Tigers head bad. they have them on the ropes and they will knock them out early today.

more importantly the pitching match up; Fister is a disaster waiting to happen. he has an insane BABIP of .332, while the opposition is hitting .280 off him and a line drive rate of nearly 22%. not good, going up against a Oakland offense that woke up yesterday and is now reeling with confidence.

this is a 5 o clock start, so in a sense you can consider the first few innings a "day game". in day games, per say, Fister has given 9 HRs, 78 hits in 78 innings pitched so its key for Oakland to jump on him early.

not to mention, to close out the season in his last three starts, he had a 1.43 WHIP, giving up 25 hits in 21 innings pitched. so he isn't exactly coming into this game feeling great about his stuff.

on the other side Dan Straily, comes in with a boat load of confidence finishing off the season with solid numbers; last three starts, 1.17 WHIP, 2.50 ERA while surrending just 12 hits in 19 innings pitched. again i refer to early innings day start theme which is crucial, cause in day games, Straily is outstanding, with a 2.14 ERA, 54 innings pitched on just 37 hits, 1 long ball and a total of 13 earned runs. domination.

(yes it is a 5 o clock start, so technically not a "day game") but the first few innings will be and in this game they are so critical. Straily has the superior numbers here than Fister. As I pointed out earlier, Oakland is already fkn with the Tigers heads bad and if they get out on the scoreboard early, I think that is all she wrote and this thing could get ugly quick.

Oakland +135

[face]

Tigers best pitchers in the game all season

1	Kansas City	162	86	76	3.45	52	5	12	1448.1	95	555	601	469	1208	.250
2	Oakland	162	96	66	3.56	46	6	13	1452.0	92	574	625	428	1183	.242
3	Detroit	162	93	69	3.61	39	3	12	1462.2	108	587	624	462	1428	.247

[R.P. McMurphy]

Wow a swing away from a tie