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September 1: Twins 4, White Sox 3

By ⋅ September 1, 2009 ⋅ One comment

With the potential game-winning run on first and nobody out, Ozzie Guillen turned to his best pitcher to try to push the game into extra innings. That’s right: Guillen called for Tony Pena. Pena alternated between outs and hits, but that wasn’t good enough.  A one-out single put runners on the corners, and after Pena [...]

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