"But will they be without Delmon Young for the American League Championship Series?

No Tiger had ever hit three home runs in the same postseason series before Young connected for his third in the first inning of Thursday night's 3-2 victory over the Yankees in dramatic Game 5 of their Division Series.

"I don't know," Young said during the postgame celebration about the severity of what's being called a mild oblique strain.

It was severe enough to knock Young out of the game after six innings, though.

"I did it on a swing," he said."