Tied in the bottom of the eighth. Detroit, and Michigan could sure use a win here for morale, given their economic straits.
[Update a few minutes later]
Whooooaa. The Tigers are roaring. Top of the ninth. Men at first and third, no outs, with Polcanco one and one.
[Update]
Dang. Ordonez must have hit into a double play (I’m just following a game track). It’s the bottom of the ninth, still tied. The pressure is on the Detroit pitcher to keep the game going.
[Update a few minutes later]
Well, the pitcher(s) (they made a change in the inning) did their job. It’s the top of the tenth.
If the Tigers lose this, Ordonez, despite the fact that he got them here, will be the goat. It was theirs to win in the ninth, and they choked.
[Update]
OK, Detroit got a run in the top of the tenth, breaking the tie. Now it’s all up to the defense. Unfortunately, the Twins got a triple in the first at bat…
[Update]
Well, they’re tied again, with runners at first and third, with one out. The Twins may be about to put the Tigers out of their, and our, misery.
[Update]
Well, Detroit keeps it alive, and gets out of the inning.
[Update]
Top of the twelfth, and the Tigers have the base loaded, with one out. If they can’t win now, they don’t deserve to.
[A few minutes later]
Bases loaded, and once again, they stranded everyone. And I can’t find TBS on DirecTV.
[A few miutes later]
OK, I found TBS on channel 247, but contrary to reports, it’s not showing the game.
[late update]
Well, it looks like Detroit played true to form, and let the Twins have it in the bottom of the twelfth, by a run. At least fans don’t have to torture themselves figuring out how they’ll screw up next.
Magglio lined sharply to the shortstop and Granderson had gotten too far off first and was doubled up.
Ordonez also homered in the 8th to tie the game.
Thanks for the update, Bill. Until I can figure out what channel it’s on, I don’t have much info other than the game track. I guess Ordonez can’t do it all by himself.
That’s baseball.
The whole season only to end up heartbroken, but lying through your teeth to say “Well, we all expected this!” Maybe expect, but you broke your index and middle fingers crossing them all season, hoping that this year, THIS year, you aren’t left alone crying in your beer.
Great post Rand. Nice attempt at play-by-play. I quit watching baseball when the Astros quit playing.
I shut the damn thing off in the middle of the 10th figuring my Twins had lost it. That’ll teach me. We’ve now won the privilege of getting our brains bashed in by the Yankees, woo-hoo.
I don’t think either team should really scare the Yankees that much. The Yankees went a combined 12-1 against both teams this year including 7-0 against the Twins, so how’s that for home field advantage? I realize in the playoffs the slate is wiped clean but still, the Yankees had an advantage in pretty much every category against either team. Save for possibly no.1 starter against Detroit, but the Twins definitely have the advantage in catchers.