To Dive Or Not To Dive? Austin Jackson Says He Plans To Do It More Often
Needless to say, Jackson's catch was relegated to secondary status in the realm of highlights from Monday's game.
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Needless to say, Jackson's catch was relegated to secondary status in the realm of highlights from Monday's game.
Eugenio Suarez struck out but Sean Doolittle walked Austin Jackson — just the second walk he has issued this season — to load the bases.
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Porcello (8-2) overcame a career-high six walks, three shy of his season total coming into Thursday's start.
Smyly was the first Tigers pitcher to allow four homers in a game since Max Scherzer did it in a 10-7 win over the Yankees on April 3, 2011.
Talk about a funk!
Now that I have learned that Jose Reddick walks out to "Careless Whisper" by George Michael -- I am a huge fan.
Terry Francona asked crew chief Mike Winters to review a collision at the plate, and the umpire obliged.
The Oakland A's, bitten by the injury bug, need to lean on starting pitcher Sonny Gray even more than expected.
In one productive day, Athletics general manager Billy Beane filled two important pitching voids.
After matching Tigers ace Justin Verlander pitch for pitch in Game 2, Gray could not repeat the feat in Game 5. It sounds like an injury, perhaps a rather serious one, is part of the reason why.
Verlander pitched eight scoreless innings, sealing Oakland's fate and sending the Tigers hurtling into the ALCS.
Always one to deliver in big-game, high-drama moments, though, Cabrera broke his homerless streak Thursday with a two-run bomb that gave the Tigers a lead they would never relinquish.
Justin Verlander pitched another Game 5 gem in Oakland while carrying a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera homered to lead the Detroit Tigers past the Athletics 3-0 Thursday night and back into the AL championship series.
For most of the season, Tiger fans worried about Justin Verlander.
"Book your tickets to Boston. It's in the bag."
Going into Tuesday night's game with Oakland, the Detroit Tigers found themselves in a spot they had never been in under Jim Leyland - facing elimination in Game 4 of a first round series.
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Men and women stand shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk waiting for the light; they're facing north toward the ballpark.
"You don't pretend," Verlander said. "It's not just another game. The season is on the line. It was on the line for us tonight, too. This whole season, the way we battled and played as a team, comes down to one game."
Powerful as it is, the Detroit Tigers offense sometimes hits the skids. It might blow the doors off an opposing defense, or it might suffer through a prolonged scoreless streak.
After the game, Jackson could not stop smiling.
