No Major League pitcher has ever won five games in a single postseason, but Justin Verlander should have a chance to do so this month.

Already 3-0, Verlander will start Game 1 of the World Series and get the ball again in a potential Game 5.

David Schoenfield of ESPN points out that attacking the Giants may not be as easy for Verlander as it was against the A's and Yankees.

"One thing to watch: The A's led the league in strikeouts; the Yankees were clearly in an offensive slump of historic proportions," he writes.

"The Giants are a contact team against whom the strikeouts won't come quite so easily. That means more balls in plays and more pressure on the Detroit's suspect defense. We'll see how Verlander responds to this tougher assignment."