Found August 16, 2009 on Baseball Musings:
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With none on and two out in the bottom of the ninth, Mark Ellis hits a line drive just over the wall down the leftfield line and the Oakland Athletics defeat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. John Danks and Trevor Cahill each pitched quality starts, but neither walks away with a decision. Danks [...]
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