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Tigers Make Gleyber Torres Decision Before Twins Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Detroit Tigers are looking to make back-to-back postseason trips, currently owning a 73–52 record and holding an 8.5-game lead over the second-place Cleveland Guardians.
Trey Sweeney drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Casey Mize struck out 10 batters, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5.
Before action started this afternoon, the Minnesota Twins inducted Corey Koskie into their Hall of Fame. Introduced by Michael Cuddyer and speaking in front of Twins legends and friends, Koskie showed the humble-but-proud nature that made him such a fan favorite in the early 2000s.
With the Tigers being 60-0 when leading after the eighth inning in 2025, things looked dire for the home team. By the time Justin Topa yeeted a ball off of the netting behind first base allowing a runner from second to score and the batter to reach third base, 61-0 was inevitable. The only question was how bad could it get, and the answer was 8-5.
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Kerry Carpenter homered, Jahmai Jones delivered two key RBI hits and Casey Mize pitched into the seventh as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Saturday night at Target Field.
Brooks Lee turned on a fastball from fishing buddy Chris Paddack on Sunday and drove it into the right-field seats as the Twins avoided a sweep.
BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers hit the road against the Minnesota Twins looking to continue a four-game road winning streak. Minnesota is 32-28 at home and 57-66 overall. The Twins have a 30-51 record in games when they have allowed a home run.
Minnesota almost avoided a shutout, placing runners on base in the ninth to threaten at least something. Naturally, with one out, Edouard Julien lined a pitch up the middle... into shortstop Trey Sweeney 's glove, leading him to catch the ball and step on second to end the game and secure the shutout. So it goes.
Walks will always haunt in baseball, and they did so once again on Saturday night as they looked to scratch across their first win against
Royce Lewis, batting just .199 at Target Field, .175 in August, and .136 during this homestand, was robbed of a potential extra-base hit by A’s left-fielder Tyler Soderstrom in the sixth inning Thursday, and took it out on his headwear when he reached the dugout, pounding it several times against the bat rack in frustration.
The Detroit Tigers took on the Minnesota Twins in the Twin Cities on Thursday night in an AL Central battle for positioning in the standings. The Tigers' Riley Greene once again manned his left field post,