Justin berlander getting the start of the first game of this road trip and first game of this three-game series here in Oakland two and2 so far in six starts a 3.97 erra trying to catch the Hall of Famer Greg Maddox tonight and there's number one tonight and number 3369 in his career Two away from the top 10 excellent sequence and excellent pitch to finish things off you'll see it on our MD Anderson Strike Zone fastball inside where Yer Diaz was set up and beautifully executed for the strikeout called third strike Verlander now one away from the top 10 all time but the a score a run here in the first an unearned run it's one nothing [Music] Oakland that postseason he run he had in the 12 13 season were impress him that was impressive too ties Greg madx on the alltime strikeout list number 3371 for Justin berlander as he Strikes Out Seth Brown congratulations to him he did it with a slider beautifully placed down and in he gets gutsy and runs into an out there it is top 10 all time in strikeouts Justin Verlander Strikes Out Abraham Toro moves past Greg Maddox 3,372 career strikeouts for Verlander for the last couple of years there's another one give him 33 second 73 as he has five strikeouts tonight Verlander in the top 10 now keeps picking up strikeouts five of his seven outs good job on the breaking ball the fast ball looks good the slider looks good and now you're seeing that breaking ball drop in there you'll see it right here in NB Anderson Strike Zone catching that inner third but just locked up Le curve Ball's got a lot of 12 to six movement tonight yeah that's old school traditional 12 sixer of starts against the Oakland A's over his career they're strike out out number six for Verlander as he gets Rooker for the first out of the fifth inning got a little right on right change up for that strike out of Brent Rooker good pitch by [Music] Justin I know this franchise is going to eventually end up in Vegas is the plan after it goes to Sacramento but uh end of an era here in Oakland now goes Zach gof Justin berlander the other seven in that top 10 oh with fewer than nine strikeouts per nine as there goes another strikeout down goes Seth Brown here to start the sixth inning showed you that strikeout earlier of Seth Brown on a lot of spin this one not so much just go right after him with the fast [Music] ball top of the Zone called third strike Schuman didn't like it but he is down looking that's now a season High nine strike outs for Verlander and the second out here in the sixth inning ma Schuman doesn't have to like it but on the edge got to protect a little bit that veterans always going to get the [Music] edge this ball hit into right field hit pretty well Tucker on the move and so is the center fielder Myers it's going to be Jake Myers who closes ground and makes the catch to end the inning AB Toro set one to deep right center field but berlander walks off the mound with a 6-2 lead after six