Gotta give it to Leyland. He puts in Alexis Gomez who only had 1 homer and 6 RBI all season as DH. Gomez gets two hits including a homer and drives in 4 without which the Tigers would not have won.
Pitching was great again. Rodney was awesome!! Sean Casey's absence put Guillen, a shortstop, at 1st base. Verlander was not at his best and still pitched well and got the win. Leyland is using his entire roster in a very effective and efficient manner. You got em, use em. And it's hard to pitch to an offense that pecks and picks at you to gouge out 5 runs, so you get 3 back and then they come out and bomb you home runs and do it from every part of their lineup. That's tough to pitch to inning after inning.

Other than Milton Bradley's awesome performance, Oakland makes too many mental errors that you rarely see the Tigers make--very costly mental lapses. It betrays a certain lack of development that must be overcome if that team is to be a World Series contender. The A's are a good team but haven't quite ripened. Detroit is simply playing better ball. A better developed team. At this time, I cannot foresee this series returning to Oakland.