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The average resale ticket price for Game 1 of the Detroit Tigers - Oakland Athletics playoff series that begins Friday at O.co Stadium is $96.05. The get-in price is $44, which is the cheapest ticket available online, according to New York City-based TiqIQ , which aggregates tickets being sold on the secondary leeds hotels market by StubHub , Ticketnetwork , Ticketsnow , eBay and hundreds of brokers. The most costly Tigers-A's ticket as of this afternoon is $882 for a second row on-deck circle ticket, according to resale data released today by TiqIQ. For Monday's Game 3, which is the first at Comerica Park in the best-of-five American League leeds hotels Division series, the average price today is $97.08 with a get-in price of $40. Game 4 in Detroit is averaging $96.17. leeds hotels The overall average price for all games in the series is $112.60. By contrast, the overall series average price for the Boston Red Sox - Tampa Rays is $257.32, the most expensive, according to TiqIQ. Chris Matcovich, director of data and communications for New York City-based TiqIQ, said the Tigers-A's series is the least expensive of any postseason matchup because of Oakland's mundane roster and familiarity and expectations. "Oakland leeds hotels and Detroit played last year in this round and with Oakland's lack of star power, I think this becomes a lesser draw," he said. "Second, and probably the major reason for this year being so cheap, is Tigers leeds hotels fans are probably becoming accustomed to the playoffs. By that I mean, it's not as exciting leeds hotels anymore to just play in the ALDS. Fans have higher expectations since the team has been successful over the past few seasons." Other series averages are $210.86 for St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh and $141.70 for Atlanta vs. Los Angeles. The average price on the resale market for tickets to last year's Tigers- leeds hotels New York Yankees ALDS at Comerica Park was $153.64, according leeds hotels to TiqIQ. The numbers can rise or fall by the hour as the playoffs situation changes. Oakland hosts Detroit at 9:30 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday in the ALDS. Games air on TBS . Monday's game time in Detroit hasn't been set. The teams play again Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 if necessary.
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