Jason Williams previews the Tigers-Twins series.

The Twins are a half-game behind New York in the wild-card standings after sweeping Chicago. The wild card seems more realistic, considering the Tigers (68-33) haven’t let up since Day One. But the Twins, who gained almost no ground on the Tigers during their 19-1 run from June 11-July 3, still have 10 games against Detroit this season.
So a division title isn’t out of reach. Seven Twins-Tigers games remain at the Metrodome, where the Twins have been nearly unbeatable.
‘You would think that sooner or later they would go into a little bit of a funk,’ Twins third baseman Nick Punto said. ‘But that’s not really any of our concern. We’ve been playing incredible baseball the last 40 games. If you keep playing like that, you’re going to catch everybody.’

Gardenhire looks at the idea of a funk a bit differently:

‘Everybody keeps saying, ‘You know the Tigers are going to go into some kind of (slump),’ ‘ Gardenhire said. ‘They’re built obviously for the long haul, because they’ve handled it from Day One.’