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Updated playoff %'s Texas NYY 80.4 SOX 80.1 OAK 79.5 TB 60.5 Balt and LAA around 40% 30,287 Will be pretty darned surprised if they don't have 34-35,000 tomorrow night after winning this game...

Tonight has to be up there. The game against the Mariners where they scored 5 or 6 to take a one run lead and then we won it in the bottom of the 9th, that one had the most twists and turns in a 10-20 minute time period. Quintana stepped up and stopped a 7 game losing skid against a team. In terms of the momentum of the season, with DET now 1-9 in their last 10 games (excluding the Sox sweep in DET), that victory, at home, was absolutely HUGE.

Peavy versus Fister tomorrow. Setting up as another huge game, with ALL the pressure now back on the Tigers. Put up, shut up time for Peavy, if there ever was one.

DET would be 1-9 if not for their 3 game sweep of us. They're struggling even worse than we are, and questions abound on Verlander's health.

Sox finish (hopefully) the night 2/16 with RISP, .125 average.

If it's NOT Reed, who will they actually use? It BETTER not be Phil Humber, that's all I am saying. I don't think I could take another 9th like that Mariners game.

More worried about Addison Reed entering with a 5 run lead now, and not a save situation. Beckham getting a measure of redemption late this season and seemingly cementing his hold on 2B for 2013.

GREAT slide there. Now we have a chance to win a game being 1/16 with RISP. Amazing, actually.

Might as well send Ramirez. What was the announced attendance?

UGLY night for Viciedo. However, he did make a huge throw to gun down Peralta at 2B to prevent what could have been an even bigger inning.

Young, Peralta and Garcia due up in top of the 9th. Three righties for Addison. No excuses.

Coke for AJ, then Marte for Viciedo and Ramirez. Doubt they use up Villarreal here. And he's pitched too much recently for the Tiggers.

HUGE HUGE HUGE out. But don't stop now boys! Veal is definitely positioning himself to be a key in that 2013 bullpen. He's been the most consistent guy down there, all things considered.

Hope that 1/15 with RISP doesn't come back to bite us, but you knew we were going to be challenged at the end of this game because of our bullpen. Well, here it is.

Of course 2-1 count, centercut fastball. Well, Fathom's boy Veal will either the hero or the goat right here against Fielder.

They're really going to Omogrosso to get out Cabrera here?

Wind blew that homer foul. Obviously...must be careful with Cabrera.

This is starting to approach the Danks/Game 163/Blackout as a defining moment for Quintana's young career.

1/15 We were leading the majors at .294 not so long ago. We must be down around the low .280's at this point.

1/14 Obligatory shoulder shrug. 0.0715

Pitcher not even looking at Wise. One-Dog/Lance Johnson jump. Here we go again with RISP.

Is Hudson really trash-talking Miguel Cabrera? NOT A GOOD IDEA.

IMO, better to let the reliever go out there to begin the inning, rather than inherit a baserunner and feel pressure from the time he enters the game.

Great game from Jose. It's amazing how some of our veterans have failed and rookies like Santiago, Quintana and even Axelrod have come up with some pretty key performances down the stretch. And yeah, like many, earlier in the game thread, 1st-2nd innings, he looked absolutely COOKED. Pretty amazing that he turned this game around...maybe the season.

Right around 100 pitches for Quintana now.