A's stay alive with three runs in 9th

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Oakland Athletics center fielder Coco Crisp (4) celebrates with teammates after hitting the RBI single to bat in the game winning run of game four of the 2012 ALDS against the Detroit Tigers at O.co Coliseum. (PHOTO: US PRESSWIRE)

OAKLAND, CA - The Detroit Tigers were three outs away from heading back to the American League Championship Series.

Instead they're going to have to return to the Oakland Coliseum for a decisive Game 5 after the Athletics manufactured a dramatic ninth-inning rally.

Seth Smith tied the game with a two-run double and scored the winning run on Coco Crisp's two-out single, lifting the A's past the Tigers, 4-3.

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