The Milwaukee Brewers even the NLCS at 2 games apiece with a 4 – 2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Randy Wolf gives up just 6 hits through 7 innings, although he gets off on the wrong foot, allowing solo homers to Matt Holliday in the 2nd and Allen Craig in the 3rd as the Brewers fall behind, 2 – 0. Milwaukee comes back with a pair of runs in the 4th, then chase Kyle Lohse from the game as Ryan Braun hits a go-ahead single in the 5th.

The Detroit Tigers turn to their ace, Justin Verlander, to stave off elimination in the ALCS. He limits the Texas Rangers’ bats to 2 runs through seven innings, then tires and leaves in the 8th having thrown a career-high 133 pitches. With the Bengals’ bullpen aces too tired to pitch, Phil Coke takes over and gets the last five outs, even though the Rangers manage to pull back 3 runs over the last two frames. Still, the Tigers had built a big lead against C.J. Wilson, with four home runs – two by Delmon Young and one each by Alex Avila and Ryan Raburn – and hang on for a 7 – 5 win.