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Ultimately, the four-game series was split with two wins for each team, and the Tigers maintained a two-game lead with three games remaining for each club. The Tigers lost two of their next three games to the Chicago White Sox, whereas the Twins swept the Kansas City Royals in a three-game series leaving both teams tied with an 86–76 record.
The Twins and Detroit Tigers finished the 162-game schedule in a first-place tie atop the American League Central and played a one-game playoff at the Metrodome on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, that was won by the Twins, 6–5, in 12 innings, giving them the division championship and a postseason berth.
The Twins ended the 162-game regular season tied with the Detroit Tigers, necessitating a one-game playoff. This made the Twins the first major league team ever to play in a tie-breaker two years in a row (they lost one to the Chicago White Sox in 2008). The game took place on Tuesday, October 6 at the Metrodome. The Twins won the game, 6–5 ...
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Tarik Skubal gets plenty of run support in 8-2 win over Twins. Tigers Game 2 lineup: LF Riley Greene. DH Mark Canha. 1B Spencer Torkelson. RF Kerry Carpenter. 2B Colt Keith.
Morris started for the Twins three times in the series, going 2–0 with a 1.17 ERA, making his final outing in the deciding Game 7. In a postseason performance for the ages, the 36-year-old hurler threw 10 innings of shutout baseball against the Braves, as the Twins won the game 1–0 on a 10th-inning single by Gene Larkin that scored Dan Gladden.
Maeda permitted only three hits in six innings, but the last one was the one that counted in the Twins' 3-0 loss to the Tigers at Comerica Park. ... Twins get two hits, lose third straight to ...
The Twins tied the game, 2-2, on the next play. Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda throws in the in the first inning of Game 1 of the doubleheader on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Comerica Park.
In an unexpected outcome, the Twins shockingly upset the MLB-best Tigers in five quick games and made their first World Series since 1965 (in the process denying a rematch of the 1968 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals). The Twins held off a late comeback by the Tigers to win Game 1, 8–5, then convincingly took Game 2 by three runs ...