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Brian Dozier, Twins may have destroyed Tigers' 2015 season

Brian Dozier's walkoff three-run homer on July 10 may have been the turning point in the 2015 season for the Tigers and Twins.

July 10, 2015: a day which will live in infamy in the history of Detroit Tigers baseball. The Tigers were three games above .500, just 1 1/2 games behind the Minnesota Twins in the AL playoff race. The upstart Twinkies were improbably sitting in second place in the AL Central Division, occupying the final wild card spot.

The four-game weekend series in Minnesota was the Tigers' chance to right the ship, taking their rightful place in a playoff spot and relegate the Twins to the basement, where many had expected them to finish before the season began.