The two Bay-area teams in the MLB playoffs won Tuesday night to stay alive in the postseason, Oakland at home and San Francisco on the road.
The Oakland Athletics, who lost the first two games of the AL division series in Detroit, got stellar pitching to beat the Tigers 2-0 last night.
The A's are an unlikely playoff team this year. They have the lowest payroll in baseball at $59.5 million and are in a long battle with baseball officials over a new stadium to replace the crumbling Coliseum. The stadium was packed Tuesday night, though, with towel-waving fans who saw four pitchers combine for 11 strikeouts in the shutout victory.
In the NL series, the Cincinnati Reds won the first two games in San Francisco but couldn't close out the best-of-five series. The Giants beat the Reds 2-1 in 10 innings when Joaquin Arias' infield hit brought home Buster Posey.
All four division series play Wednesday. The Cardinals are at the Nationals at 1 p.m. in their series, tied 1-1. The Giants and Reds play at 4 p.m. The Orioles play at the Yankees at 7:30 p.m. The Yankees won the first two games in Baltimore and lead 2-0. At 9:30, the Tigers and A's play at Oakland.
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Good to see that baseball is alive and well in Philadelphia and New York... .
Dunno what rock this writer's been under, but Yanks/Orioles ALDS is TIED 1-1.
Yup, alive & well. Let's have some dry weather, now.
He must be a Mets or Cubs fan.
The Scrubs. Lol!
This is exciting.
Lol aint the best 3 outta 5 games that take you to the next series?? Sheesh dont get so excited over l game when youve lost the lst 2! Go Tigers!
Since my guys are out, I'll agree: Go Tigers!
lol ty banasy.
Gooooooooooo Cards!
lol @ mama, a little trivia for you, on this date in l964 the Tigers won the world series against the Cardinals!
good evening, cutie patootie. The bears arent in the playoffs tho sorry.
Lol and arent the bears a football team anyway?