The Twins are headed to Kansas City today after sweeping the White Sox in Chicago. Detroit has one more in Cleveland tonight after stomping the Indians last night, so the odds are that they will have a 3-game lead going into the weekend. Detroit heads to Chicago and then comes home to host the Twins for 4 games before finishing with Chicago again at home. The Twins will finish the season at home against KC.
Those last two in Chicago weren't pretty from a pitching perspective, but they were fun to watch and the Twins got the job done. They are scrapping now and somebody different stepped up in both of those games to get the job done. Last night it was Nick Punto.
It's fun to watch, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Making up 3 games is possible, especially since they are playing 4 more against Detroit. They need to get past KC first though, and hope Chicago can play spoiler against the Tigers. And even if they do manage to win the division, we need to brace for a quick exit in the playoffs.
If I understand the situation correctly, if the Twins manage to win the division they will end up playing the Evil Empire because the Red Sox will be the wild-card team and they are in the same division. Talk about a David vs. Goliath situation. I love my Twins, but getting past New York would be a tall order, to understate that situation if it comes to that. On the other hand, you never know. If they did manage to get into the post-season and then actually beat the Yankees, that would be delicious. But enough of that. They have to get there first.
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