Verlander Dominant, Tigers Advance To ALCS
For most of the season, Tiger fans worried about Justin Verlander.
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For most of the season, Tiger fans worried about Justin Verlander.
"Book your tickets to Boston. It's in the bag."
Pitching the deciding game of the American League Division Series in Oakland, keeping the season of the vaunted Detroit Tigers alive, performing under pressure – all this is nothing new to Justin Verlander.
With buzz from Sonny Gray's sensational Game 2 start still lingering, here comes the kid's encore performance: The A's have named him as their Game 5 starter for Thursday night's final game with the Tigers.
"You don't pretend," Verlander said. "It's not just another game. The season is on the line. It was on the line for us tonight, too. This whole season, the way we battled and played as a team, comes down to one game."
"I haven't really had a lot of luck with that in my career to be honest with you, bringing a starter out, but we'll see," Leyland said.
Vogt hit a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning after Gray matched zeros with Justin Verlander in a dazzling postseason debut.
In addition to officially not dating Kate and having to see her splashed on magazine covers in an opponents' jersey, Verlander is also not starting in the Tigers' playoffs rotation.
In 2011 or 2012, no one would have ever thought to question whether Justin Verlander, in 2011 the most dominant pitcher and in 2012 still one of the best, would be the number one starter for the playoffs.
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The hurler took 44 pitches, the most he has ever thrown in one inning in his career, to get out of the first inning against the Oakland A's. The performance Monday got Leyland to admit that there is a level of concern about Verlander.
That's right. I said it. Justin Verlander is the reason why the Tigers aren't the best team in baseball.
Unlike Verlander, Tigers manager Jim Leyland thinks the solution to the pitcher's woes is to return to the basics.
All that improvement, and then ... a game like Thursday.
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The pitcher said his fastball had good life but was obviously erratic, and his curveball was solid, helping compensate for the fastball issues.
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Lucas Raymond scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-2.
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Lucas Raymond scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat the New York Islanders 4-2.
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All five were taken to the hospital, where two children, 3-year-old Emelliah Thomas and 2-year-old Ezekiel Thomas died, family members confirmed to CBS News Detroit. The third child, 5-year-old Eremias Thomas, remains in critical but stable condition.