The two playoff teams to come out of the American League Central are likely the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins after they left the defending champion Chicago White Sox in their dust in September. The White Sox are 9-14 this month, and they lost two of three at home to the Tigers last week in a must-win series. Although the Tigers have gone 18-26 in their last 44 games, their performance in that key series with Chicago has helped spark them to seven wins in their last 10 games. They have held off the red-hot Twins to this point, but the winner of the AL Central crown remains undecided. First-place Detroit leads by 1.5 games going into the final week. The schedule seems to favor the Tigers, who host Toronto and Kansas City for three games each after Monday's off day. They are 16-2 against these two opponents, thanks to a 14-1 mark against the lowly Royals. The Twins host the Royals for four games beginning on Monday, but they are just 9-6 against them. Then Minnesota finishes against Chicago. It may not be a key series for Chicago if the White Sox can't muster a miracle comeback this week, but the Twins may be playing for first place. The Twins are on a 12-4 surge, but will need rookie starters Boof Bonser, Matt Garza and Scott Baker to maintain their recent success to jump over the Tigers in the final days of the season.