AL Central race: September 16, 2008

MLB.com: White Sox back Floyd in win vs. Yanks

It’s a moment that took place in the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 6-2 victory for the White Sox at Yankee Stadium, a head-to-head encounter lasting about three or four minutes… Yet, the battle between Gavin Floyd and Jason Giambi basically defined the White Sox win on this particular comfortable evening in New York.
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Giambi, who had launched his 31st home run one inning earlier, came to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded, his team trailing by two. He missed by seven or eight feet pulling a grand slam fair down the right-field line on a 2-0 pitch from Floyd and then worked the count full. Giambi proceeded to foul off five pitches before striking out swinging to end a 12-pitch at-bat.

MLB.com: Twins drop heartbreaker in extras

The Twins came close to tying their club record for the largest come-from-behind victory on Tuesday night. But after the Indians tied the game in the bottom of the eighth, Victor Martinez hit a walk-off three-run homer off closer Joe Nathan in the 11th inning to hand Minnesota a 12-9 loss at Progressive Field.

CHW 84-66
MIN 82-69 (2.5 GB)