OAKLAND, CALIF. — The Tigers pitching was so dominant on Friday night that center fielder Austin Jackson had the night off. No fly balls to catch. No hits to pick up. Nothing. The Athletics hit only five balls to the outfield. Yoenis Cespedes tripled and homered to left. Leftfielder Andy Dirks caught two balls. Rightfielder Torii Hunter caught one. In center, Jackson had nothing except a good view of the 16 strikeouts by Tigers pitchers. Its the most strikeouts the Tigers have recorded in a playoff game. According to Baseball-Reference.com, the previous high was 14, also both times against Oakland once in the 72 championship series, and then in Game 1 last year (Justin Verlander...
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