The Twins scored once in the ninth and had the bases loaded before Jose Cisnero struck out Correa to get his second save. Vierling tripled and scored on a wild pitch in the eighth while Torkelson scored on an error by pitcher Jordan Balazovic. “This was a fun night to be a part of this team.” kept sending me back out there,” he said. “I didn't know how long I was going to go, but A.J.
He was awarded his first career win since Faedo only pitched 4 2/3 innings. Tyler Holton (1-2) got seven outs with normal set-up man Jason Foley on the bereavement list and closer Alex Lange struggling with his control. He hit another one to lead off the seventh. Torkelson led off the fifth with a homer to make it 5-3, but Willi Castro's RBI double pulled Minnesota back within a run in the sixth. “I felt like I did that, but there were just a lot of bleeders that found holes and they put some decent swings on my off-speed pitches.” “We had the lead, so I just wanted to go out there and throw strikes,” Ober said. Ober struck out Akil Baddoo, but Riley Greene and Vierling followed with RBI singles. McKinstry doubled with one out in the Tigers second and took third on a Haase single. Kerry Carpenter's RBI single and Max Kepler's error in right brought home two runs in the first, but Carlos Correa led off the second with a homer off Alex Faedo before Joey Gallo made it 3-2 later in the inning with his 18th home run. The Tigers scored twice in each of the first two innings, but only led 4-3. “We have to come out tomorrow and avoid a third game like this.” “You don't anticipate having two games like this after we had played so well, but it happens,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
Hinch said.īailey Ober (6-6) took the loss for Minnesota, which has lost two in a row after a five-game winning streak.
“We had a really good approach tonight and we got some results,” Tigers manager A.J. Matt Vierling, Zach McKinstry and Eric Haase also had three hits for Detroit. 331 in his last 40 games, received a standing ovation after being replaced by a pinch-runner after his third single. Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-4, giving him 3,145 career hits and moving him past Robin Yount into sole possession of 19th place on the career list. “I just tried to get back to basics, and after he got me the first two times, I was able to put a good swing on a couple pitches.” “I wasn't seeing the ball well the last week or so," said Torkelson, who struck out in his first two at-bats. DETROIT (AP) - Spencer Torkelson homered twice and the Detroit Tigers had 17 hits in a 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
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