tigers find some offense. 2-run lead. buster posey just hammers one into left field. that s a two run home run. first of the world series for posey. giants on top 3-2. the clock is ticking for the tigers. delmon young comes through, a solo home run off matt cain. that ties the game at 3-3. they stayed tied through 9. we go to extras. top of the tenth. two outs for marco scutaro. traded to the giants mid season. delivers with a base hit to center field. austin jackson fields it on the hop. comes up throwing but it s not in time. giants take a 4-3 lead. bottom of the tenth with two outs, giants one strike away from the world series title but with triple crown winner miguel cabrera at the plate, a home run would tie this up. joe buck with the call. again, the 2-2 pitch. got him looking and the giants have won it all.
did not allow a base runner until the fourth inning. young puts the tigserses on the board with a solo home run. seventh career postseason home run for young as a tiger, the most in franchise history. two on batters later, hughes looking uncomfortable on the mound. training staff come out to check on him in the fourth inning and he leaves the game with a stiff back. runner on second for cabrera. the triple crown winner delivers with a double. run comes all the way around to score. tigers give verlander a 2-0 lead to work with. top of the ninth, same score. eduardo n eduar eduardo nunez. finally the bats come to live, but was it too late. two outs now in the ninth. runners on on first and second.
highlights. game three last night of the alcs. get him out of new york city. i mean, really, seriously, though. you have a-rod and you have jeter as the two guys that have been the stars. and it s just blown apart this year. and mariano rivera, lost him. and not because of derek jeter. yankees lost the first two games of the series at home. they had to beat justin verlander in detroit to get back in the series. a-rod benched again last night as was nick swisher. 20 strikeouts in the postseason. verlander looking good, gets granderson swinging in the third, did not allow a base runner until the fourth. scoreless till the bottom of the fourth and delmon young puts the tigers on the board. a solo home run. seventh career postseason home run as a tiger, the most in detroit s franchise history. a couple batters later, phil hughes, looking a little uncomfortable on the mound. joe girardi and the training staff check on him, leaves the game with a stiff back. david phelps comes on in
al hunt s squad, the nats facing elimination at home against the card fals. adam laroche breaks the scoreless tie for washington, solo home run. nats on the board after they were shut out a couple days ago. bottom of the ninth, score tied at 1-1, jayson werth up to lead off, just will not go away. fouls off pitch after pitch. 13 pitches, in fact, into the at-bat, with a 3-2 count, this happened. 3-2. and a drive hit deep to left field. looking up, way back, it s gone! 13 pitches, one game-winning home run. the walkoff there. nats win, 2-1. they live to play another day. they will play the cardinals in a winner-take-all game five tonight in washington. al hunt, will you be there, sir? i will be there as will geo. therefore that means we ll be there on sunday against the giants. you said it. they ve got geo gonzalez pitching. a lot of people think he could
won 6-0 behind that man, this was a decisive game five. the oakland a s season ending because of justin verlander alone. a complete game shutout with 11 strikeouts. an incredible performance. the tigers move on to the alcs. who will they play? more late-night drama in the bronx between the yankees and orioles. after suffering a walkoff loss in extras, orioles facing elimination late into the night. game four down to the wire. we start in the fifth. phil hughes pitched well for the yankees, gave up only that solo home run. the only one he gave up in 6 2/3. eighth inning. 1-1. runners on second and third. one out for alex rodriguez. this is his chance to redeem himself. lift one into the outfield. put the bat on the ball. $250 million for that swing. and he waves. he waves the fastball. we stayed tied through nine. a-rod, by the way, 2 for 17, 9 strikeouts in the series.