Take 2 Roundup: Games of Wed, 1/23/08

[Proverbial Psalms]

[size=24:57ae35c406][b:57ae35c406]EXTRA INNING WEDNESDAY[/b:57ae35c406][/size:57ae35c406]
[size=14:57ae35c406]Whitaker Leads Tigers to Win in 12th, Four Games Went Extra[/size:57ae35c406]

<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/lou_whitaker_2_150x203.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="203" style="margin: 0px 10px;" /> Last Night was [b:57ae35c406]"Extra Inning Wednesday"[/b:57ae35c406], as four different games needed extra innings to resolve which team would ultimately endure.

Detroit 2B Lou Whitaker's RBI in the 12th inning [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=922][u:57ae35c406]led the Tigers to a 4-3 win[/u:57ae35c406][/url] over the Orioles. The win, Detroit's third straight, allowed the Tigers to keep pace with the AL East leading Blue Jays, who [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=921][u:57ae35c406]defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-2[/u:57ae35c406][/url].

In Chicago, reliever Dave Schmidt had an extra inning meltdown as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=923][u:57ae35c406]White Sox lost to the Twins 6-5[/u:57ae35c406][/url]. Schmidt allowed two runs to score in the 15th inning on a wild pitch and a throwing error. The teams combined for 8 total errors, which led to 9 unearned runs in the game.

Speaking of extra inning errors, San Francisco's third baseman Chris Brown committed a costly one in the 12th inning of their game, allowing the winning run to score as the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=919][u:57ae35c406]Giants lost to the NL West division leading Padres 2-1[/u:57ae35c406][/url].

In Seattle, the Mariners rallied to tie the game in the 9th (after overcoming deficits of 3-0, 6-3, and 8-6) , then finally [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=926][u:57ae35c406]defeated the Cleveland Indians 11-8[/u:57ae35c406][/url] in 10 innings on Al Davis's 3-run walkoff home run.

[i:57ae35c406]photo: SN Archives[/i:57ae35c406]