Dent, Leiter were stars in 1-game playoffs

The White Sox beat Detroit in a makeup game to force the playoff with the Twins the next night. John Danks pitched eight innings of two-hit ball, and Jim Thome hit a 461-foot homer for Chicago in the seventh for the game's only run.

OCT. 6, 2009. MINNESOTA 6, DETROIT 5 IN 12 INNINGS. FOR THE AL CENTRAL TITLE.

The Twins rallied from a three-game deficit with four to play, and the drama was only beginning. Both teams scored a run in the 10th inning of the playoff, but Detroit left fielder Ryan Raburn threw out Alexi Casilla at the plate to send it to the 11th. The Tigers thought they'd taken the lead in the 12th, but with the bases loaded, plate umpire Randy Marsh ruled that Brandon Inge was not hit by a pitch from Bobby Keppel. The replay appeared to show the pitch grazing Inge's billowing uniform. The game remained tied, and Casilla drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the inning.