The currentáfour-game series between the MinnesotaáTwins andáDetroit Tigers will determine who wins the AL Central. Both teams approached the first game ofáTuesday's doubleheader as if it was October.
The game featured great pitching, exciting defensive plays and chess moves by the managers with less emphasis on offense.
It figures the game ended in extra innings with the Twins taking a 3-2 victory in 10 innings.
That's the way it should be in a game of this magnitude.
The Twins' Nick Blackburn and Tigers'áRick Porcello startedáthe game and pitched well, each surviving early jams.
The bullpens kept the game 1-1.
It came down to Brandon Lyon and Joe Nathan.
Lyon and Nathan both struggled to throw strikes but,áin the end, it was Lyon that got ...
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Twins-Tigers Recap: AL Central Battle Has October Feel
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Leslie Monteiro in MLBComments Off on Twins-Tigers Recap: AL Central Battle Has October Feel