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Polanco the difference as Tigers edge Twins after back-and-forth 16-inning affair

Associated Press

Saturday, July 4, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS -- Placido Polanco might have been the grittiest player on a night where several were in contention after 16 innings. The Detroit Tigers second basemen fouled a ball off his protective cup in the 14th inning, only to follow it up on the next pitch with an RBI single. He hit another run-scoring single in the 16th inning that put his team up for good in an 11-9 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. After fouling a pitch from R.A. Dickey into the dirt, Polanco went down ...

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