October 28, 2012: Tigers 8 Diamondbacks 7 (10) (World Series tied, 2-2)

The Diamondbacks and Tigers need extra innings to settle the score for the 2nd straight day, but this time it's the Tigers who come out on top and tie up the series in the process. The Tigers were down by 2 going into the 8th but scored a run in the 8th, a run in the 9th to tie it, and a run in the 10th to win it. Here's how it went down:

In the 8th, the Tigers got consecutive signles from the first 3 batters in their lineup, scoring a run and leaving runners on 2nd and 3rd for Prince Fielder. Fielder was pitched around and walked, and Brennan Bosch entered as a pinch hitter for Delmon Young, but struck out to end the inning.

In the 9th, an Austin Jackson single following a single and an HBP scored a run. Don Kelly walked to load the bases, but this time it was Miguel Cabrera who missed an opportunity, grounding out to end the inning.

In the 10th, Fielder grounded out to start the inning, but then it was back to back walks for Boesch and Jhonny Peralta. The Dbacks went to their bullpen for Brad Bergesen, but Avisail Garcia singled to load the bases and Andy Dirks singled to score the winning run.

The Diamondbacks better hope they have plenty of hits left in those bats, because Justin Verlander takes the mound for game 5 against Ian Kennedy.

BOXSCORE: 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks At 2012 Detroit Tigers         10/28/2012
 
  Diamondbacks       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Eaton DH          5  2  2  0 .281     A.Jackson CF        4  2  2  1 .279  
  A.Hill 2B           5  2  3  1 .311     O.Infante 2B        5  1  3  1 .259  
  J.Upton RF          5  0  1  1 .291   A-Q.Berry PR          0  0  0  0 .333  
  P.Goldschmidt 1B    5  1  1  0 .367   C-D.Kelly 2B          0  0  0  0 ----  
  M.Montero C         3  1  1  0 .360     M.Cabrera 3B        6  1  4  1 .396  
  C.Johnson 3B        5  1  2  4 .321     P.Fielder 1B        5  1  2  1 .200  
  J.Kubel LF          4  0  2  1 .133     D.Young DH          4  1  1  3 .200  
  J.McDonald SS       5  0  0  0 .152   B-B.Boesch PH,DH      1  1  0  0 .000  
  C.Young CF          5  0  1  0 .167     J.Peralta SS        5  0  1  0 .235  
                                          A.Garcia RF         6  1  2  0 .444  
                                          A.Dirks LF          4  0  1  1 .354  
                                          G.Laird C           4  0  0  0 .179  
                                        D-A.Avila PH,C        1  0  0  0 .179  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      42  7 13  7                 Totals      45  8 16  8
 
A-Pinch Ran For Infante In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Young In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Berry In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Laird In 9th Inning
 
Diamondbacks.... 1 1 0  2 1 0  2 0 0  0 -  7 13  1
Tigers.......... 2 0 3  0 0 0  0 1 1  1 -  8 16  1
 
Diamondbacks (9-5)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
W.Miley                   2       5   5   5   3   2   1  48   6.20
B.Ziegler                 3       2   0   0   0   3   0  44   2.45
M.Lindstrom               2 2/3   3   1   1   0   2   0  46   3.24
M.Albers                  0       1   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
J.Putz BS(2nd)            1 1/3   3   1   1   2   2   0  37   4.15
M.Zagurski LOSS(0-2)      0 1/3   0   1   1   2   0   0  12   6.23
B.Bergesen                0       2   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.15
Totals                    9 1/3  16   8   8   7   9   1
 
Tigers (9-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Fister                  4 2/3   9   5   5   0   5   2  79   4.56
O.Dotel                   1 1/3   0   2   2   2   2   0  25   6.00
R.Porcello                3       2   0   0   2   4   0  38   0.00
P.Coke                    0 2/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  19   0.00
J.Benoit WIN(1-1)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.76
Totals                   10      13   7   7   4  12   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,726 DATE- Sunday, October 28th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Brian Runge, Marvin Hudson, Tim McClelland
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Diamondbacks:10  Tigers:16
DOUBLE PLAYS- Diamondbacks: 0  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- P.Goldschmidt, O.Dotel
DOUBLES- M.Montero(4th), J.Kubel(2nd), O.Infante(3rd)
HOME RUNS- A.Hill(4th), C.Johnson(3rd), D.Young(4th)
RBIs- A.Hill(10th), J.Upton(6th), C.Johnson-4(11th), J.Kubel(4th),
      A.Jackson(8th), O.Infante(5th), M.Cabrera(16th), P.Fielder(5th),
      D.Young-3(12th), A.Dirks(5th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Hill(1st), O.Infante(2nd), M.Cabrera(1st)
WALKS- A.Hill, M.Montero-2, J.Kubel, A.Jackson-2, D.Kelly, P.Fielder, B.Boesch,
       J.Peralta, A.Dirks
HIT BY PITCH- A.Eaton, A.Dirks
STRIKE OUTS- A.Eaton-2, J.Upton, P.Goldschmidt, M.Montero, C.Johnson-2,
             J.Kubel-2, J.McDonald, C.Young-2, O.Infante-2, D.Young, B.Boesch,
             J.Peralta-2, A.Garcia-3
GIDP- J.McDonald
WILD PITCHES- D.Fister
2-out RBI- C.Johnson-2, M.Cabrera, A.Jackson
RLISP 2-out- C.Young, O.Infante, A.Jackson, C.Johnson-2, P.Fielder-2,
             J.McDonald-2, B.Boesch-2, M.Cabrera-2, A.Hill
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Justin Upton robbed Austin Jackson of an extra base hit.
 
37,726 fans watched an exciting game at Comerica Park.  The Detroit Tigers
topped the Arizona Diamondbacks by the slimmest of margins, 8 to 7.
 
Both teams were tied at 7 runs apiece after nine innings.  Finally, Detroit
pulled the game out in the 10th inning.  After an out was recorded, Brennan
Boesch drew a walk.  Jhonny Peralta came next and he drew a walk.  Avisail
Garcia then smacked a single to load the bases.  Andy Dirks followed next and
he lined a one-base hit resulting in an exciting win for Detroit and a wild
post-game celebration by the home town fans.  The score went back-and-forth
with the lead changing 5 times.  
 
The winning pitcher was Joaquin Benoit(1-1) who allowed no runs in 1/3 of an
inning. Mike Zagurski(0-2) ended up with the loss in relief.  He pitched 1/3
of an inning allowing no hits and 2 walks.