10/7/2009
by Don
In the past when two teams were tied at the end of the season, there would be a single game playoff to determine who gets into the post-season on the first day after the season ends. The Twins and Tigers were all tied up at the end of the regular season and the tie-breaker game was to be played in Minnesota. They had to wait an extra day, however, as the Minnesota Vikings were already slated on play the Packers on Monday night. The tie-breaker game was played on Tuesday where Detroit jumped out to an early 3-1 lead. The game went back and forth and ended up going 12 innings and was closed out with a 6-5 win for the Twins when Alexi Casilla hit a single to bring in teammate Carlos Gomez causing the Metrodome crowd to erupt and launch Minnesota into the playoffs.
The Twins took a bit of time to celebrate, but not long as they start the post season with game 1 against the Yankees in New York tonight at 6:07. They will definitely have their hands full with New York and the Twins are the worst road team to make the playoffs (38-43) while the Yankees have the best home record in all of baseball this season (57-24).
The Rockies will be in Phildelphia to lead off this post season with the first pitch set for 2:37 today. This could be the best of the first round series as both teams seem to be evenly matched. The pitching for Philadelphia will likely be the difference in the end.
The Cardinals will be in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers in the nightcap. I think LA has too much offense for the Cardinals, though their post-season experience could play a huge role.
Boston will be in Anaheim tomorrow to start their series and they've owned the Angels in the playoffs recently, so we'll see the they can overcome the Red Sox there.
IT'S PLAYOFF TIME!!
