from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED dot-com summary of Game 4:
The Rangers and Tigers played 11 innings of white-knuckle baseball at Comerica Park on Wednesday, pushing the length of their American League Championship Series to 40 innings over four games and three rain delays, and for only two top-and-bottom innings this series has a team held a lead of more than two runs.
There was no such luxury in Game 4, until Texas' Mike Napoli singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the second extra frame and Nelson Cruz followed suit with a three-run homer, setting up closer Neftali Feliz to pitch the game's denouement. His three comparatively pressure-free outs were the only ones, as the Rangers won by a deceiving 7-3 margin to push their series lead to 3-1 and move within one win of a return trip to the World Series.
"It's been a great
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The Rangers and Tigers played 11 innings of white-knuckle baseball at Comerica Park on Wednesday, pushing the length of their American League Championship Series to 40 innings over four games and three rain delays, and for only two top-and-bottom innings this series has a team held a lead of more than two runs.
There was no such luxury in Game 4, until Texas' Mike Napoli singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the second extra frame and Nelson Cruz followed suit with a three-run homer, setting up closer Neftali Feliz to pitch the game's denouement. His three comparatively pressure-free outs were the only ones, as the Rangers won by a deceiving 7-3 margin to push their series lead to 3-1 and move within one win of a return trip to the World Series.
"It's been a great
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/joe_lemire/10/13/rangers-tigers-game4/index.html#ixzz1aevvbb8d
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