The Oakland Athletics took a one-run lead in the top of the 12th inning on leadoff walk, a bunt ripped from the Kansas City playbook, a wild pitch, and a slap single to right field. Kansas City turned around with a leadoff triple and a Baltimore chop to tie it in the bottom half. All it took after that was a stolen base and a double down the line to send Kansas City through to the ALDS with a 9-8 comeback win.
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Down a run, Eric Hosmer smacked a 2-2 pitch from Dan Otero off the wall in left-center field that neither Oakland defender could get to. It bounced away from both and Hosmer easily wound up at third. Christian Colon then hit a high-chopping single to third and Hosmer slide into home head-first for the tying run.
Colon stole second base and then Salvador Perez drove him home to win the game for Kansas City and finish off the comeback. George Brett was beside himself.
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