The Curious End Of The Baseball Game In The Night Time

Bottom tenth, two out, score tied at seven, Elvis Andrus on second. Josh Hamilton hits a grounder to short, and beats the throw to first. Only Matt LaPorta knows why he held the ball and ignored Andrus, who never stopped running and scored the game winner.

The Tigers also won in extra frames, in a more conventional way: Brennan Boesch singled in Andy Dirks to give his mates a 4-3 win in ten at KC.

The win and Indians loss in Texas returns the Tiger lead to four, again their widest of the season.