With two outs and a man on first in the bottom of the 11th, the 19-year-old evened the count at 1-1 aftwo two fastballs from Braves reliever Luis Avilan.
Unfortunately for the Tigers, the Rangers' Nelson Cruz smashed a grand slam in the bottom of the 11th, producing a 7-3 win and a commanding 2-0 series lead.
The O's jumped on Mets' closer Francisco Rodriguez for two runs in the bottom of the 9th and a 5-4 win; the Nats got a walk-off single from Dunn in the bottom of the 11th for a 2-1 victory.
Counsell is best known for scoring the winning run for the Florida Marlins in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series.
ROYALS 4, TIGERS 3: Ken Harvey homered leading off the bottom of the 11th inning and Kansas City handed visiting Detroit its 14th loss in 15 games this season.
Jason Pridie hit a two-run home run into the upper deck in right field in the bottom of the 11th, cutting the deficit to 10-6 andrawingng a limp cheer from the crowd.
DEVIL RAYS 8, RANGERS 7: Greg Vaughn homered in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Tampa Bay the victory over Texas.
RED SOX 2, TWINS 1 Boston won in the bottom of the 11th when pinch-runner Jose Iglesias raced around from first to score on close play at the plate on Carl Crawford's one-out double off the Green Monster.
He slammed a leadoff home run in the bottom of the 11th inning off Tim Wakefield to beat the Red Sox, 6-5, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, sending the Yankees to the World Series.
JAYS REMAIN HOMER HAPPY Lyle Overbay led off the bottom of the 11th with a home run off Mark Hendrickson (1-6), giving the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 victoverover the Baltimore Orioles.
BLUE JAYS 6, RAYS 4 John McDonald ended the game in the bottom of the 11th with a two-run homer off Adam Russell, his first homer of the season.
