Get them in extra innings, on the road in a National League town, without the DH, and they're doomed.
The crew that hasn't been playing NL style ball, and couldn't manufacture a run if its life depended on it anywhere, needs a home run.
Meanwhile, the home team can little ball its way to a win.
Which is what the Reds did tonight.
Miguel Cairo -- he's still playing -- lead off the tenth with a triple, and Wilson Valdez squeezed him in.
How they got there: Boesch homered and singled, driving in two and avoiding a trip to Toledo when Austin Jackson comes off the DL tomorrow. His sixth inning single tied the score at five. Delmon Young hit a solo homer in the seventh. Then, yet another Tiger middle reliever made his major league debut in a pressure situation, and came off second best. Jose Ortega (who?) gave up a game-tying double to Todd Frazier, setting up extra innings.
Ortega arrived on the minor league carousel when Omar Santos was designated when Brian Holaday was called up to replace Alex Avila who's back on the DL, because Ben-Wah and Dotel have sore arms because the starters aren't going deep, and Luke Petkonen proved to be a Triple-A pitcher. All of this in the house that Jack built. Which is exactly where the fan feels he is when watching this year's Tigers.
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