One-two the count, nobody on in the tenth, he hit a high fly into the stands! He won the game, he did, that brown-eyed handsome man. Final: Tigers 2, Royals 1.
They've won in walkoff mode several times this season, and one time Santiago drove in the winning run. This one, however, is the most important walkoff win of the season. Maybe the most important of all.
The Indians and White Sox were winning. The Tigers had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't push the winning run across (Wilson Betemit struck out).
Doug Fister retired the first 18 Royals. Alex Gordon ended his bid for perfection with a leadoff double in the seventh.
Let this one get away and the Sox are four out, the Indians 4 1-2, and creeping panic could easily set in.
They're still starting Hinge, though (.179 after play tonight), and putting him in for defense (haha), and either, as the calendar reaches September with the Tigers fighting for a division title, should be cause for concern. Because, this year, we don't have Mickey Stanley to bring in from the outfield to replace him in post-season.
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