Open Thread: ALDS Game 1 (5) - A's vs Tigers (5)

Oakland is down 3-1, with 6 outs to go. It's time to start a rally. Detroit is calling on Joaquin Benoit in relief of Justin Verlander, who ended up with a pretty dominant 7-inning performance. Seriously this time, guys...

COMEBACK THREAD!!

Open Thread: ALDS Game 1 - A's vs Tigers (4)

Alex Avila homered, and it's 3-1 Tigers. I'm not afraid. Are you? This team was built on comebacks. Time for another one.

Heading to the 6th. Verlander has thrown 91 pitches entering the inning. Knock him out of the game, boys!

COMEBACK THREAD!

Open Thread: ALDS Game 1 - A's vs Tigers (3)

It's 2-1 Tigers. Parker flubbed a grounder, and a run scored. Super lame.

Verlander has thrown 61 pitches through 3 innings; Parker is at 49. Reddick-Donaldson-Smith will get things started in the 4th.

RALLY THREAD!

Open Thread: ALDS Game 1 - A's vs Tigers (2)

It's tied 1-1 heading into the bottom of the 2nd. Coco homered to lead off the game, but the Tigers reached on a couple of well-placed grounders and ended up getting the run back.

Time for a game of Hold 'Em Parker!

Open Thread: ALDS Game 1 - THE A'S ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!!! (1)

Hey everybody, did you know that THE A'S ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS??