tigers bite a's

the detroit tigers are heading to the american league championship series with a 3-0 win in game five and a three games to two series win over the oakland a's. justin verlander struck out 10 in the win, miguel cabrera hit a key home run and joaquin benoit got the save for the tigers. sonny gray got the loss for oakland. the tigers go to boston to start their a.l.c.s. game one is saturday night at fenway park.