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Orioles rally past Tigers 7-6, take 2-0 ALDS lead

Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila, left, reaches but can't make the tag in time as Baltimore Orioles' J.J. Hardy scores on a double by Delmon Young in the eighth inning of Game 2 in baseball's AL Division Series in Baltimore, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Baltimore won 7-6. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila, left, reaches but can't make the tag in time as Baltimore Orioles' J.J. Hardy scores on a double by Delmon Young in the eighth inning of Game 2 in baseball's AL Division Series in Baltimore, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Baltimore won 7-6. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

By Associated Press 5 min read

BALTIMORE (AP) – Down by three runs in the eighth inning, the Baltimore Orioles had every reason to believe they could rally against the Tigers.

Not only because the Orioles are capable of scoring in bunches, but more importantly, they were going up against Detroit’s leaky bullpen.

Delmon Young drove in three runs with a pinch-hit double, and Baltimore used a four-run eighth to pull out a 7-6 victory Friday for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five AL Division Series.

Baltimore will try for a sweep in Game 3 Sunday at Detroit, when Miguel Gonzalez starts against the Tigers’ third straight Cy Young winner, David Price.

“It’s huge going into Detroit up 2-0,” said J.J. Hardy, who scored the go-ahead run with a sweeping slide. “We’ve got to go over there and do our job.”