The Tigers were sitting on a 5-2 lead after 6 and just needed to get through the last 3 innings. Back-to-back singles to lead off the 8th put a run on the board for the Diamondbacks, but Tigers closer Jose Valverde just had to get the three outs in the 9th to preserve the win.
Gerardo Parra led off the inning with a triple, which brought the tying run to the plate. Pinch hitter Wil Nieves struck out, but then Adam Eaton walked and now the tying run was on 1st and the go-ahead run was at the plate. Aaron Hill was that go-ahead run, and he dumped one in the seats for a walk-off win and a raucous celebration. It is Valverde's first loss of this postseason, but his 3rd blown save.
BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks 10/25/2012
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG
A.Jackson CF 5 2 2 2 .288 A.Eaton CF 3 1 0 0 .234
O.Infante 2B 5 0 1 1 .224 A.Hill 2B 5 2 2 3 .269
M.Cabrera 3B 4 0 3 0 .357 J.Upton RF 3 1 2 0 .326
P.Fielder 1B 4 0 0 0 .196 P.Goldschmidt 1B 3 0 2 1 .410
J.Peralta SS 4 1 1 1 .238 M.Montero C 4 0 2 1 .395
D.Young LF 4 0 2 0 .195 C.Johnson 3B 4 1 1 0 .295
A.Garcia RF 4 0 2 0 .476 J.McDonald SS 4 0 1 1 .200
G.Laird C 4 1 1 0 .208 G.Parra LF 4 1 1 0 .231
P.Coke P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Corbin P 2 0 0 0 .286
J.Valverde P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Bergesen P 0 0 0 0 ----
A.Sanchez P 2 1 1 0 .500 B-J.Kubel PH 1 0 0 0 .077
A-Q.Berry PH 1 0 1 1 .348 B.Ziegler P 0 0 0 0 ----
O.Dotel P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-W.Nieves PH 1 0 0 0 .000
C-A.Avila C 1 0 0 0 .208
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 5 14 5 Totals 34 6 11 6
A-Pinch Hit For Sanchez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bergesen In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Dotel In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Ziegler In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 5 14 0
Diamondbacks.... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 - 6 11 0
Tigers (8-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Sanchez 5 6 2 2 2 4 0 83 8.04
O.Dotel HOLD(1st) 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 38 3.86
P.Coke HOLD(2nd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
J.Valverde L(1-1) BS(3rd) 0 1/3 2 3 3 1 1 1 21 6.48
Totals 8 1/3 11 6 6 3 7 1
Diamondbacks (8-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Corbin 5 10 4 4 0 4 2 99 3.94
B.Bergesen 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 32 4.15
B.Ziegler WIN(1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 27 4.15
Totals 9 14 5 5 0 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 47,650 DATE- Thursday, October 25th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Greg Gibson, Gerry Davis, Phil Cuzzi, Bruce Dreckman
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6 Diamondbacks: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Diamondbacks: 3
DOUBLES- A.Jackson(5th), A.Hill(3rd), J.McDonald(2nd)
TRIPLES- G.Laird(1st), G.Parra(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Jackson(3rd), J.Peralta(2nd), A.Hill(3rd)
RBIs- A.Jackson-2(7th), O.Infante(4th), J.Peralta(4th), Q.Berry(2nd),
A.Hill-3(8th), P.Goldschmidt(8th), M.Montero(9th), J.McDonald(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Upton(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Eaton, P.Goldschmidt
WALKS- A.Eaton, J.Upton, P.Goldschmidt
HIT BY PITCH- A.Eaton
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson, O.Infante-2, P.Fielder, J.Peralta, A.Avila, A.Eaton-3,
J.Upton, C.Johnson, G.Parra, W.Nieves
GIDP- P.Fielder-2, A.Garcia
WILD PITCHES- O.Dotel
2-out RBI- M.Montero, Q.Berry
RLISP 2-out- C.Johnson, P.Goldschmidt, P.Corbin, M.Montero, G.Parra, J.McDonald
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Aaron Hill robbed Miguel Cabrera of a base hit.
Bot 3rd: Austin Jackson robbed Aaron Hill of an extra base hit.
In a thrilling finish the Arizona Diamondbacks won in dramatic fashion coming
back to beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 6 to 5.
Arizona came through with the game-winning runs in the 9th inning with 3 runs
using 2 hits. Gerardo Parra led off and he tripled. Wil Nieves was next to
the plate, but was promptly struck out. Adam Eaton then drew a walk. Aaron
Hill was up next and he lost the ball over the fence for three runs giving
Arizona the win as 47,650 happy fans joyfully celebrated. Arizona won
despite being out-hit by Detroit 14 hits to 11.
The victory went to Brad Ziegler(1-0) who went 2 innings, allowing no runs.
Jose Valverde(1-1) absorbed the loss in relief. His ERA ballooned from 3.38
to 6.48 as he allowed 3 runs in 1/3 of an inning.
Kirk Gibson was all smiles after the ballgame, 'It sure was looking pretty dim
there for a while, but our guys never gave up - and neither did our fans -
they kept cheering us on. What a sweet win!'
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