st. pittsburgh florida.ys, game tied at 4, in the 9th. >> he's a strike throwing machine. in the air, right center field, that's got a chance. >> let's go rays. >> he throws all strikes until that one was low and then it went over the wall. the walk off home run keeps the rays alive. makes me very nervous. forces game four. game five would be thursday night in boston which means i wouldn't be going to work on friday. >> to pittsburgh, pirates looking to close out the cards. matt changes that. two run shot and a no-hitter into the 8th. that would be all the offense they needed. even the series at 2-2. a's and tigers tied in the 5th. the go ahead solo shot to right. a's win this 6-3. they have a 2-1 series lead. yes my producers let me do some hockey. >> what? >> yes. only because it's -- >> is that still a sport? >> on the power play tonight, 0 for 1 with no shots. now the kings with a chance of tying up -- and it deflected off of quick into the net. >> he's one of the guest goalies on the planet and could be

florida without a shark cage. >> look, it is a good story if st. louis moves on. this would be a great story if pittsburghmoved on, wouldn't it? >> it would be, and they call it money time. time to win. the more you win, the more you get paid. and with the central championship series on the line, they meet in st. louis in do or die. pirates manager is sending his young phenom coa cole to the mountain against wainwright. he's sending cole instead of a.j. burnett. >> it's a very hard decision. it's a very difficult decision. we've asked so much of him while he has been here. it's been a very challenging part for him. if this was any other venue it wouldn't have been--he would have gotten the ball. but for me in this venue, in game cole is going to be our guy. >> we have one game to win. and as we've done, and i've challenged our guys to do, we need to do the best we can to win that next game. i believe that matchup is the best we can do to beat the cardinals in game five. >> earlier i spoke with sports columnist jeff, what has been the reaction in baseball about the decision to start cole over aj burnett. w