Álex Rodríguez was 3 for 5 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI as the Detroit Rockets took advantage of 3 Oakland errors and a big 10th to win 11-6 in extra innings to sweep the Jacks. Charlie Blackwell scored unearned runs in the 1st and 3rd thanks to errors by Mickey Cochrane and Rod Carew. Oakland’s Tris Speaker hit his 1st homer of the season, this against Detroit starter David Cone, to give the Jacks a 6-4 lead in the 3rd, but Rodríguez 2nd homer in the 5th tied things back up. Oakland’s Jim Kaat left the game after 7 innings, having allowed 4 earned runs and 8 hits. In the 10th, Rodríguez led off the inning with a single and Minnie Miñoso bobbled a Manny Ramírez flyball. Mark McGwire followed with a 3-run homer en route to a 5-run Detroit inning against Ted Lyons. The Rockets improved to 31-19 and hold a 4-game lead over Boston with just 4 left to play. They also cut the St. Louis Wizards’ lead for home-field advantage in the World Series to 2 1/2 games. With the 4-game sweep of Oakland, Detroit has now won 5 straight heading to their final series with the last-place New York Swats.