Game 2014.79 Postgame: Tigers 5, Athletics 4.

That ending was like a never-ending buffet for a diehard’s soul.

Austin Jackson’s nine pitch walk was Sean Doolittle’s second walk issued this year. Doolittle had only allowed 1 walk against 56 strikeouts in 39 IPs this year. Those are video game numbers.

Then Rajai Davis stepped up, and took a curve for a ball.

Then this. The Ultimate Slam (down 3, walk off).

(I tried to embed the video, but couldn’t figure it out. If anyone knows, please explain).

I was able, however, to load up Dan’s call. This gave me goose bumps when I heard it live.

Enjoy. (you’ll need to turn your speakers up, still working out the kinks over here)

 

5 thoughts on “Game 2014.79 Postgame: Tigers 5, Athletics 4.”

  1. I’ll admit, I cashed it in after the Chamberlain fail… but I saw the replays this morning…amazing! Article says Doolittle (who’s blown his last two saves) threw 9 straight fastballs to AJackson for his BB…commendable AB for Jackson – obviously the stars aligned for DET in the 9th.

    Nice to see ‘other teams’ embracing the ‘closer-implosion’ craze.

    A’s have clearly been the top team in AL this year…so far, but there’s a lot that can happen in the 2nd half of a season. Some interesting info in this Schoenfield article: http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/49137/tigers-getting-in-as-heads-with-big-win

  2. Trivia: The Athletics have allowed three game-ending grand slams since World War II, with two coming against Detroit. In 1983, Lance Parrish hit one off Jeff Jones, who is now Detroit’s pitching coach.

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