Rick porcello

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Twins rushed from their dugout even before Carlos Gomez's head-first slide into home.
MINNEAPOLIS - Baseball's only real pennant race needed an extra game and extra innings to finish off an AL Central thriller that got better with every pitch.
MINNEAPOLIS - The Detroit Tigers' brush with the AL Central title was fleeting.
MINNEAPOLIS - Baseball's only real pennant race needed an extra game and extra innings to finish off an AL Central thriller that got better with every pitch.
BOSTON - Mike Lowell, who entered the game after Kevin Youkilis was ejected for charging the mound and inciting a bench-clearing scuffle, hit two home runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.