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Tigers Complete Stunning Collapse

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6-5 tiebreaker sends Minnesota to playoffs.

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The Detroit Tigers' protracted downward spiral didn't wind up until the bottom of the 12th inning on Tuesday night, when the Minnesota Twins' Alexi Casilla hit a one-out single, allowing Carlos Gomez to score from second base. The tiebreaker sends the Tigers into baseball's hall of shame—they're the first team in baseball history to blow a three-game lead with four games left—and the Twins to Yankee Stadium, where they'll play Game 1 of the American League playoffs on Wednesday.

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