October 5, 2013: Tigers 6 A's 4 (series tied, 1-1)

Justin Verlander has had some poor playoff outings over the years in my replays, but he was solid today to lead the Tigers to tie up their series with the A's. Torii Hunter had a huge 5 for 5 day with 2 doubles and 3 RBI.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Oakland Athletics At 2013 Detroit Tigers             10/5/2013
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          5  1  2  0 .250     A.Jackson CF        5  1  2  0 .300  
  J.Lowrie SS         3  1  1  3 .429     T.Hunter RF         5  1  5  3 .600  
  J.Donaldson 3B      4  0  2  0 .429     M.Cabrera 3B        4  0  2  0 .625  
  B.Moss 1B           4  0  0  0 .000   A-R.Santiago 3B       1  0  0  0 .000  
  Y.Cespedes LF       4  0  0  0 .125     P.Fielder 1B        2  1  1  1 .333  
  S.Smith DH          3  1  0  0 .000     V.Martinez DH       3  0  2  0 .250  
  J.Reddick RF        4  0  1  0 .222     A.Avila C           3  0  0  1 .143  
  S.Vogt C            3  0  1  1 .286     O.Infante 2B        4  1  1  1 .375  
C-C.Young PR          0  0  0  0 ----     A.Dirks LF          3  1  0  0 .167  
  E.Sogard 2B         3  1  1  0 .429     J.Iglesias SS       4  1  1  0 .143  
B-D.Norris PH         1  0  0  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  8  4                 Totals      34  6 14  6
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cabrera In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sogard In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Vogt In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 1  -  4  8  1
Tigers.......... 1 2 0  0 2 0  0 1    -  6 14  0
 
Athletics (1-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Gray LOSS(0-1)          4 2/3  10   5   5   2   3   1  95   9.64
R.Cook                    1 1/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  28   0.00
J.Chavez                  2       2   1   1   0   3   0  28   4.50
Totals                    8      14   6   6   3   7   1
 
Tigers (1-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander WIN(1-0)      8       6   3   3   2   6   1 125   3.38
J.Veras                   0 1/3   0   1   1   1   0   0   8  27.00
D.Smyly                   0       2   0   0   0   0   0   7  40.50
J.Benoit SAVE(1st)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                    9       8   4   4   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,271 DATE- Saturday, October 5th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Mark Wegner, Laz Diaz, Tim Timmons, Mike Winters
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6  Tigers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- J.Lowrie
DOUBLES- T.Hunter-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Lowrie(2nd), O.Infante(1st)
RBIs- J.Lowrie-3(5th), S.Vogt(1st), T.Hunter-3(3rd), P.Fielder(4th),
      A.Avila(1st), O.Infante(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Fielder, A.Avila
WALKS- J.Lowrie, S.Smith, S.Vogt, P.Fielder, V.Martinez, A.Dirks
STRIKE OUTS- B.Moss-2, S.Smith, J.Reddick, S.Vogt, E.Sogard, D.Norris,
             M.Cabrera, A.Avila, O.Infante, A.Dirks-3, J.Iglesias
GIDP- Y.Cespedes, A.Avila
BALKS- S.Gray
2-out RBI- T.Hunter-3, O.Infante
RLISP 2-out- A.Avila, M.Cabrera, A.Dirks, P.Fielder, R.Santiago, C.Crisp
TEAM RISP- Athletics: 2 for 4  Tigers: 2 for 11
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Stephen Vogt blocked the plate, saving a run!
          Bot 5th: Coco Crisp robbed Alex Avila of an extra base hit.
 
Right fielder Torii Hunter had 5 hits and 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat the
Oakland Athletics by a score of 6 to 4.
 
Detroit set the tone of the game in the first inning plating one baserunner on
3 base hits.  Oakland threatened in the 9th but Detroit was able to put down
the rally.  
 
The victory went to Justin Verlander(1-0) who went 8 innings, allowing 3 runs.
Verlander got help from Joaquin Benoit who earned his 1st save.  Sonny
Gray(0-1) took the loss.  He was touched for 10 hits and 2 walks in 4 and 2/3
innings.