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A.L. Division Series Game 5: Athletics vs. Tigers

It's a decisive game 5 in Oakland!

By Josh Timmers
Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

And then there was one. The Athletics and the Tigers will face off to punch the final ticket into the Championship rounds.The Athletics are also the last of the "small revenue" teams still standing after Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Tampa Bay all went home.

It's a rematch of the pitcher's duel of game two.

Pitching matchup:

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Justin Verlander 13-12 34 34 0 0 0 0 218.1 212 94 84 19 75 217 3.46 1.31
W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2013 - Sonny Gray 4-3 11 9 0 0 0 0 59.0 48 22 19 4 17 59 2.90 1.10

Today's game is on TBS. Announcers: Don Orsillo, Dennis Eckersley, Buck Martinez and David Aldridge.

MLB.com Gameday for Tigers/Athletics

Baseball-reference.com game preview for Tigers/Athletics

SB Nation game preview for Tigers/Athletics

SB Nation Tigers site: Bless You Boys

SB Nation Athletics site: Athletics Nation

This will serve as your one and only game thread for today's game. Enjoy, and discuss amongst yourselves.

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