Walking on Thin Ice

Brett Anderson shutout the Tigers on Tuesday night.

On the brink of elimination Tuesday night, both the A's and the Giants managed to stay alive by beating their opponents, the Tigers and Reds respectively. Both clubs were heavy underdogs, but they managed to grind it out for wins. The Giants were in a real nerve-racking situation as their game with the Reds went into extra innings. At any moment in the bottom half of the 9th and 10th inning, their season could've been over with one swing of the bat. Fortunately for them, they avoided that "one swing", and used a bobble by an unlikely candidate, in 8 time gold-glove winner Scott Rolen, to score the go-ahead run in the top half of the 10th. Meanwhile in Oakland, moneyball was in full effect, as the Athletics got in a pitcher's duel with the Tigers; but it was Oakland who scored an early run in the first to take the lead, and not the powerful Tiger's lineup led by triple crown winner Miguel Cabrera. They would not look back the rest of the way, and shutout the Tigers in front of a home crowd of 37 thousand. Game 3 in the A's-Tigers series is on Wednesday at 9:37 PM ET, while Game 3 of the Giants Reds series is also on Wednesday at 4:07 PM ET.