Twins: 2009 AL Central Champions
It took an extra game and extra innings, but the Twins are once again the American League Central Champions after defeating the Detroit Tigers at the Metrodome on Tuesday night.
The Twins went 16-4 over the final three weeks of the regular season and found themselves tied for first with the Tigers after the final game of the season. A tie breaker was in store, and in a game some will call one of the greatest games to be played in the Metrodome, the Twins won the see-saw battle in 12 innings by a score of 6-5.
The victory was an exclamation point to an improbable run where the Twins, who were seven games out of first place at the beginning of September, overcame all of the odds by scratching and clawing their way to first place. The win gave the Twins their fifth AL Central Title in the past eight years.
On the other side, the Tigers completed a downfall of monumental proportions on Tuesday. Detroit had been in first place since May 10th and became the first team to ever lose the division after being three games ahead of the second place team with four games left in the season.
The Twins now head to New York to take on the Yankees in the ALDS while the Tigers head home after a disappointing end to their season.
Congratulations, Minnesota Twins.
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