Cleveland Indians 11 Tampa Bay Rays 10
The Cleveland Indians were down 10 to 0 in the middle of the 4th inning. Game over, right?
NOT SO FAST! Remember what happened back on August 5, 2001? The Cleveland Indians trailed 14 to 2 heading into the 7th inning stretch. Cleveland scored 3 runs in the 7th inning. They scored 4 runs in the 8th. With the score 14 to 9, the Indians were down to their final out. However, Cleveland scored 5 runs before Seattle could get the final out to force extra innings. The Indians went on to win in eleven innings.
Now what happened in this game?
Ryan Garko homered in the 4th inning to make it 10-2 Tampa.
In the 8th inning, Matt LaPorta grounded into a double play to drive in Shin-Soo Choo. 10-3 Tampa. Then, Ben Francisco’s infield single drove in Mark DeRosa. 10-4 Tampa.
Heading into the bottom of the 9th, Tampa Bay had a comfortable 10-4 lead. However, Shin-Soo Choo grounded into a fielder’s choice to Tampa’s Reid Brignac, whose throwing error allowed Grady Sizemore to score. 10-5 Tampa. Another Ryan Garko home run made it 10-8 Tampa. Grady Sizemore stepped up to the plate again in the inning and issued a bases-loaded walk to put Cleveland to within one run. Finally, Victor Martinez, who had been in an 0-for-18 slump, found the right time to break that slump as his two-run, two-out single completed the Cleveland comeback.
The Indians became the first team to successfully come back from a 10-run deficit since the Texas Rangers, who defeated the Detroit Tigers 16 to 15 on May 8, 2004.
For the Rays, it was their largest blown lead in franchise history.
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amazing comeback as why never give up on games till the last out, just never know
That’s the beauty of baseball. There’s no clock in the game, so you can be down by 100 runs and still have a chance to win. If you’re down 100 goals, however, then you might as well call up your AHL guys during the game.