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darren oliver. strike 1. kelly 0 for 3 tonight. came in since september 1st hitting .343 with four home runs. that includes the postseason. and home run in game five at yankee stadium with one out in the first. 0-2, the count. >> tim: darren oliver, one of the game's true gentleman, just turned 41 years old five days ago, october 6th. >> joe: this is a big frame for the detroit tigers. it has been all year. they are 80-0 when leading after seven innings, which they will be tonight. to the back end of their bullpen is that good. with two out, nobody on, the batter will be jhonny peralta.

>> tim: you can patch up benoit with anybody in the game. that's how good they have been this year. >> joe: it will be an interesting decision on the part of jim leyland whether to take fister out with benoit and valverde having worked yesterday. benoit, an inning and two thirds. >> tim: i doubt he would be up and not coming into the game. maybe a little economical with fister, hoping that he will start game seven. >> joe: this ends the inning. oliver gets the two men he faces, as we go to the eighth. cabrera with a long home run started this seventh and the tigers lead by four. ♪ i'm burning out this useless telephone ♪

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the detroit tigers lead 5-1 into the eighth. doug fister is back on the mound, dealing with torrealba, who has two hits. >> tim: that was a good call, joe. i didn't think fister was coming back out as long as benoit was warming and is loose. i guess jim leyland thinking perhaps in the middle of this inning to bring benoit in there, but first is starting the eighth. >> joe: you get the feeling the leash won't be very long. >> tim: no. >> joe: here is the 2-0. a lot of strikes from doug fister. >> tim: there are a lot of great leaders as managers in the major leagues. jim leyland among the best. when his team is down the most, that's when he's happiest. it's a very interesting definition of leadership, in my view. >> joe: he showed no panic on his face when when we went intos

office tonight. >> tim: when he's up in a series, 2-0, 2-1, that's what he's suspicious. when he's down he shows his players he's not afraid, and again, that's the essence of leadership. >> joe: full count on torrealba. now the two big guns are getting ready for the tigers in their pen. fister will have to make that not relevant until the ninth. >> tim: he's the same in the eighth as he was in the first, inside to right-handed batters. he wants a fastball. >> joe: so did torrealba, as he gets it into left.

one-hops the wall and he will beat torrealba, and he is safe, as the ball comes out! what a play for the texas rangers as torrealba was going to be out by ten feet. good throw by raburn out in left. >> tim: you can't take this chance when you are trailing by four in the eighth inning or any inning, for that matter. i think he knocked the ball out of the glove with his head. pops right out of santiago's glove. maybe not the head, the right shoulder. but the rangers fortunate that torrealba is safe at second.

>> joe: endy got the start tonight. it's ruled a double for torrealba, who is 3 for 3. >> joe: chavez chops it. fister can take it to the bag himself with cabrera. one out. >> tim: we talked the whole game about how fister has worked inside hitters inside all night long. breaking bats. >> joe: he's about to get some kind of ovation here tonight. >> tim: got that right. [cheers and applause]

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teammates. benoit, a texas rangersger until 2009. didn't pitch, was injured, went to tampa bay, and has detroit ever thrived with that right arm of benoit. one of the best setup guys in the game. >> joe: kinsler went around. strike 2. >> tim: that's that change-up and benoit will throw to right-handed hitters with great effective necessary. a lot of right-handed pitchers throw only to left-handers but he throws it to both right and leftyies. >> joe: ball 1. it is going to be a test for these two bullpens.

for detroit, the back end of it with benoit and valverde, and the big arm for the rangers in their pen, and kicked off last night in an 11-inning affair in arlington, texas. the 1-2 pitch. broken bat. run will score. he gets the out. two away. rbi groundout to make it a 5-2 game and the line is complete on fister. the in-game box score brought to you by geico. for texas kinsler retired for the first time, but now has the rbi. andrus has a hit. he's digging in with the bases empty. hamilton with the other rbi. torrealba three hits, including the double to start this eighth.

here's elvis, 1 for 2. a single, a groundout, a sacrifice. ball 1. >> tim: at the very least i think torrealba has earned himself a start in tomorrow's game with that three-hit night tonight. >> joe: here is the 1-0. no problem with the velocity of benoit, 94. the count 1-1. >> tim: sometimes you don't need a breaking ball if you are in for only one inning. you can get by as the setup man or even a short reliever for one

inning with fastball-change-up. there's enough of a difference between the two pitches to get batters out. >> joe: that one drops in for strike 2. a change-up from benoit. 2-2.

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>> joe: a beautiful night. temperature has dropped a bit. and your name is lights. good to have you back alongside after terry francona joined us for the first two games. he walked out of the booth and he said i've never been so worn-out leaving a ballpark than i was doing that game. >> tim: did he really? >> joe: yeah. >> tim: oh, that's great. >> joe: avila 0 for 3, 0 for 12 in this series. oliver got the final two outs of the seventh. raburn next up, then inge.

that's a foul ball, as torrealba let it go. a self-defense swing. strike 2. >> tim: alex trying to get out of the way, dragging that bat hit across home plate. alex avila has been hit once tonight catching. it will have a bearing on how the two teams play the game, the pitch called, ball to. >> and the middle language behind the plate trying to leave your pitching staff or catch your pitching staff and lead."

with the tigers leading in this one by three. >> joe: a full count. that's on the inside corner. one away in the eighth. and the third strikeout for avila tonight. he's 0 for 4. that will be it for darren oliver. ron washington will make the move. bottom of the eighth, 5-2. tigers lead in game three.

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>> joe: jim leyland will be pleased with the offensive output of his guys tonight. 20 total innings tonight, 5 runs, ten hits. they have hit three home runs and lead by 3, trying to get their first win of this alcs, as tata takes over with raburn and inge coming up in the 5-2 game. >> tim: tigers with an excellent record as home this year. they were 50-31 while playing here at comerica park. >> joe: sidearmer is tata, and ready for it was raburn, as he whipped it down the left-field

line. he will cruise into second base with a double. >> tim: when you are facing a guy like tata, when he drops down like that you know that no breaking ball can go down in the strike zone. it's got to say on a level plane. and it looked like raburn will have to ask was looking for this. there's no drop in it. >> joe: tata, who has the rare distinction of giving up grand slams to consecutive hit over two different relief appearances. he deals with inge. first at-bat for inge tonight. ball 1. >> tim: from a grand slam standpoint, that's not quite as good at fernando tatis in los

angeles. >> joe: it was against chan ho park, i believe. >> tim: in '98, i believe, wasn't it? >> joe: two grand slams, same inning, same pitcher. >> tim: unbelievable. >> joe: that ball is outside. the count is 2-1. the red sox, september 3ed and then scott sizemore of oakland september 10th. sizemore was in that second base derby during spring training. will rhymes won that job. sizemore ended up with the a's. a fly ball into left. back is chavez. that's out number 2. and back to the top of the