Getty Images The A’s tied this ALDS Game 2 in the top of the eighth inning when Yoenis Cespedes raced home from third base on a Joaquin Benoit wild pitch. And now the Tigers have answered in a similar fashion.
Delmon Young and Jhonny Peralta hit back-to-back singles to open the bottom of the eighth then advanced to second and third base when Andy Dirks executed a sacrifice bunt. Quintin Berry struck out looking against Oakland’s Ryan Cook for the Tigers’ second out but the runner from third scooted home in the next at-bat when Cook bounced a ball in front of A’s catcher George Kottaras and it made its way all the way to the backstop.
The score is tied 4-4 as the ninth inning gets underway. The drama is palpable in Detroit.
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- historiophiliac - Oct 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM
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If I don’t look like Bill the Cat from all the stress when this thing is over, it will be a miracle.
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- historiophiliac - Oct 7, 2012 at 3:37 PM
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- randygnyc - Oct 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM
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And win it in the bottom of the ninth. Very entertaining.
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- butchhuskey - Oct 7, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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Honestly, Oakland shot themselves in the foot with their bad defense. Oh well, guess they’ll have to pull off another miracle at home.
