{"id":4358,"date":"2026-01-22T08:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:57:49","slug":"tanana-cant-hold-lead-oakland-tops-detroit-10-8-in-homer-happy-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4358","title":{"rendered":"Tanana Can&#8217;t Hold Lead, Oakland Tops Detroit 10-8 in Homer-Happy Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FoxxJimmie-251x300.png?resize=251%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FoxxJimmie.png?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FoxxJimmie.png?resize=107%2C128&amp;ssl=1 107w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FoxxJimmie.png?resize=27%2C32&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FoxxJimmie.png?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Detroit Rockets dropped a 6-run inning on Oakland starter Nolan Ryan, but Frank Tanana couldn&#8217;t hold the lead in a game that saw each team hit 3 home runs. Edgar Mart\u00ednez hit a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning to give Oakland a 2-0 lead. Four hits and two walks in the 3rd inning, capped by a Mark McGwire grand slam, put Detroit up 6-2. Joe Gordon hit a solo homer in the 5th to cut the Detroit lead in half, but Miguel Cabrera responded in the bottom of the inning to push it to 7-3. Oakland added two runs in the 7th, but Detroit entered the 8th still up 7-5. Tanana got two quick outs, but Rickey Henderson snuck a single through the infield. Lou Boudreau walked, and Jimmie Foxx followed with a 3-run go-ahead homer in a 5-run inning. Rafael Palmeiro hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning, but that&#8217;s as close as the Rockets would get. Mariano Rivera pitched a scoreless 9th to seal the 10-8 win. Hank Greenberg went 4 for 5 for Oakland. After winning the World Series last year, Detroit is now 8 games back in the American League with just 12 left to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/POPsS2\/Scoresheets\/05-18-2023_OAK_DET.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jacks @ Rockets - 5\/18\/23\">Jacks @ Rockets &#8211; 5\/18\/23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Rockets dropped a 6-run inning on Oakland starter Nolan Ryan, but Frank Tanana couldn&#8217;t hold the lead in a game that saw each team hit 3 home runs. Edgar Mart\u00ednez hit a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning to give Oakland a 2-0 lead. Four hits and two walks in the 3rd [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pops-s2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4359,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions\/4359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}