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October 3: White Sox 5, Tigers 1

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If you weren’t convinced that Jim Leyland thought this game was a must-win, you had to be sold when he pulled his starter after 1 1/3 innings… when he allowed just one run. Alfredo Figaro found himself in a jam in the second. The inning started with a titanic Carlos Quentin shot, and grew worse [...]

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