For the first time in more than a century, Chicago has two teams in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
The Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 1-0 on Tuesday in a one-game playoff to break the tie in the American League Central division standings, putting them into a five-game AL division series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
John Danks pitched eight innings of two-hit ball on short rest, Jim Thome broke a scoreless tie with a mammoth homer and Ken Griffey Jr. threw out a runner at the plate with a tough tag by catcher A.J. Pierzynski.
The White Sox joined the crosstown Cubs in the postseason _ the first time since 1906 that both Chicago …
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