2011 ALCS Game 5: Detroit Tigers stay alive vs. Texas Rangers on guts and a bit of luck

DETROIT — Thursday night, with their playoff lives on the line, the Detroit Tigers survived behind the kind of indelible performances they will discuss here, on assembly lines or tipping back pints of Bell's, for years to come. Justin Verlander, their ace, threw more pitches in a playoff game than any pitcher in eight years. Delmon Young, the slugger playing through a strained oblique muscle, smashed two home runs. Alex Avila, the catcher squatting on one good knee, caught nine more innings and drilled a homer himself.

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Peter Wallsten 14 Oct, 2011

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