With runners on first and third and the A’s threatening to move ahead again, Tigers manager Jim Leyland went to Al Alburquerque, who got Yoenis Cespedes to ground back to him and end the threat.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers have the top of their order coming up — Jackson, Infante and Cabrera — with Prince Fielder next, if necessary.
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