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Orioles win 18-inning tie to join Yankees on top
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September 20, 2012, Thursday
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THE Baltimore Orioles endured an 18-inning battle against the Seattle Mariners that began on Tuesday and ran into early Wednesday, eventually earning a 4-2 victory that tied them with the New York Yankees atop the American League East.
Chasing their first playoff appearance since 1997, the Orioles (84-64) once again delivered with a late-inning rally in Seattle that left them even with the Yankees (83-63).
Baltimore trailed 0-2 in the ninth but got a two-run single from Chris Davis to send the game into extra innings and set up a battle of bullpens.
A combined 14 relievers were used to shut down the respective offenses but pinch-hitter Taylor Teagarden ended the drought with a go-ahead RBI single in the 18th. The Orioles scored twice in the final inning to pull off the marathon victory.
No stranger to long drawn out matchups, Baltimore improved to 14-2 in extra-inning games. Their latest duel nearly took six hours and approached the longest game of the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals match-up last month went six hours and seven minutes and took 19 innings.
In Los Angeles, the Angels stayed in hot pursuit of the post-season with an 11-3 rout over Texas. The Angels (81-67) trail the Orioles and Yankees by three games for a potential wildcard slot.
In Detroit, standout pitcher Max Scherzer was forced to make an early exit but Miguel Cabrera led an offensive surge as the Tigers blasted Oakland Athletics 12-2 to keep pace in their divisional race.
Scherzer, who has a 16-6 record and is the Major League's leader in strikeouts with 224, departed after two innings because of a fatigued right shoulder. He will undergo an MRI scan to determine the extent of the injury.
Cabrera rose to the occasion, however, with two home runs and six RBIs, including a grand slam in the eighth to put an exclamation point on the victory.
The win allowed the Tigers (78-69) to stay three games behind the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox, who topped Kansas City 3-2 to move to 81-66.
Chasing their first playoff appearance since 1997, the Orioles (84-64) once again delivered with a late-inning rally in Seattle that left them even with the Yankees (83-63).
Baltimore trailed 0-2 in the ninth but got a two-run single from Chris Davis to send the game into extra innings and set up a battle of bullpens.
A combined 14 relievers were used to shut down the respective offenses but pinch-hitter Taylor Teagarden ended the drought with a go-ahead RBI single in the 18th. The Orioles scored twice in the final inning to pull off the marathon victory.
No stranger to long drawn out matchups, Baltimore improved to 14-2 in extra-inning games. Their latest duel nearly took six hours and approached the longest game of the season. The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals match-up last month went six hours and seven minutes and took 19 innings.
In Los Angeles, the Angels stayed in hot pursuit of the post-season with an 11-3 rout over Texas. The Angels (81-67) trail the Orioles and Yankees by three games for a potential wildcard slot.
In Detroit, standout pitcher Max Scherzer was forced to make an early exit but Miguel Cabrera led an offensive surge as the Tigers blasted Oakland Athletics 12-2 to keep pace in their divisional race.
Scherzer, who has a 16-6 record and is the Major League's leader in strikeouts with 224, departed after two innings because of a fatigued right shoulder. He will undergo an MRI scan to determine the extent of the injury.
Cabrera rose to the occasion, however, with two home runs and six RBIs, including a grand slam in the eighth to put an exclamation point on the victory.
The win allowed the Tigers (78-69) to stay three games behind the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox, who topped Kansas City 3-2 to move to 81-66.
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