Orioles Rally Past Tigers 7-6, Take 2-0 ALDS Lead

Delmon Young came off the Orioles bench in the bottom of the eighth inning and with one swing of the bat completed the Orioles four-run comeback for the 7-6 win.

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Just Enough - Nick Markakis gave the Orioles a 2-0 lead in the third inning when his home run hit the top of the grounds crew shed to leave the ballpark. After a review by the umpires the play stood as called.

Right Back In It - Detroit got their first run in the top of the fourth inning against Wei-Yin Chen on a Victor Martinez RBI single to make it 2-1.

Quickly Ahead - J.D. Martinez gave the Tigers the lead in the fourth inning with a three-run home run to make it 4-2 in the Tigers favor.

Back-To-Back - Nick Castellanos followed the Martinez home run with a homer of his own to make it 5-2 Detroit.

End For Chen - The five- run fourth inning was the end of the afternoon for Wei-Yin Chen as he was lifted after 3 2/3 innings allowing five runs on seven hits.

One Closer - With two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, J.J. Hardy made it a 5-3 game with his RBI single to drive in Adam Jones.

Flashing The Leather - Kevin Gausman got Miguel Cabrera to hit the ball on the ground that lead to Ryan Flaherty starting a huge double play.

Verlander Goes Five - Justin Verlander started for the Tigers on Friday afternoon and limited the Orioles to three runs on six hits over five innings.

One In One Out - Victor Martinez made it a 6-3 game with his RBI double in the eighth inning but Miguel Cabrera was thrown out as he tried to score also.

Off The Bench - Delmon Young came off the bench with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth and with one swing put the Orioles ahead 7-6.

In The End - Zach Britton came out of the Orioles bullpen and secured the 7-6 win.

Next WBAL Broadcast - The Orioles and Tigers series will head to Detroit for their next game on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is set for 3:30pm with Joe Angel and Fred Manfra starting the broadcast at 3:00pm.

From the Associated Press:

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Delmon Young drove in three runs with a pinch-hit double, and the Baltimore Orioles picked apart Detroit's shoddy bullpen once again during a four-run rally in the eighth inning to beat the Tigers 7-6 Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five AL Division Series.

Baltimore will try for a sweep in Game 3 Sunday at Detroit, when Miguel Gonzalez starts against the Tigers' third straight Cy Young winner in David Price.

A day after the Orioles battered Detroit relievers while scoring eight runs in the eighth for a 12-3 win, they came back from a three-run deficit.

It was 6-3 with one out in the eighth when relieverJoba Chamberlain hit Adam Jones with a pitch and gave up a single to Nelson Cruz before Steve Pearce singled in a run.

Joakim Soria (0-1) entered and walked J.J. Hardy to load the bases for Young, who cleared the bases with a liner into the left-field corner.