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Twins avoid elimination from playoff contention with win vs. Tigers

Associated Press

Thursday, October 1, 2009

DETROIT -- Those pesky Minnesota Twins forced the Detroit Tigers to keep their champagne on ice. Scott Baker got plenty of run support and pitched the Twins to a testy 8-3 victory on Thursday, preventing the Tigers from clinching their first division title in 22 years. Minnesota avoided elimination from the playoff race and moved within two games of the first-place Tigers with three to play. "We just didn't want to see them celebrating," Twins outfielder Denard Span said. The teams wound up ...

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