We just completed the final weekend of the MLB regular season, so let's take a look back at the next to last day of the 2003 campaign.
Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers - September 27, 2003.
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A couple things this game. First, the Tigers avoided the record for most losses in a regular season (120, set by the 1962 New York Mets) with the win (they would also prevail the next day to finish 2003 at 43-119). And secondly, it was the final game in the 25-year career of lefty reliever Jesse Orosco. In fact, Orosco's final career pitch resulted in a swinging strikeout of Tigers batter Warren Morris. However, the ball got by the catcher which allowed the winning run to score from third base. Basically, Orosco's career ended on a "walk off wild pitch."
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