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Anderson, A’s avoid sweep

OAKLAND, Calif. – These Oakland Athletics never count themselves out – down and doubted is their dogma.

Brett Anderson outdueled fellow postseason first-timer Anibal Sanchez and the upstart A’s were stellar on defense all over the diamond, avoiding another playoff sweep by Detroit by beating the Tigers, 2-0, on Tuesday night in their AL division series.

The A’s cut their deficit in the best-of-five matchup to 2-1.

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