his wild pitch sent bonilla to third , but he then retired steve buechele on a bouncer to the mound and threw three consecutive strikes to curtis wilkerson -- the most unlikely of pinch hitters . ; leyland looked past left-handers mike lavalliere , gary varsho and orlando merced to wilkerson , clearly the team 's worst hitter during the regular season at .188 . ; thus , the series is 1-1 , but it is n't even .