This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Twins will send Sonny Gray (4-1) to the mound, while Matthew Boyd (3-5) will take the ball for the Tigers. You should just play the game.Thursday's game that pits the Minnesota Twins (35-33) against the Detroit Tigers (27-39) at Target Field has a projected final score of 4-3 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of the Twins, who is a slight favorite in this matchup according to our model. "When they talk about when do you stop running and concede that you've got the game won - this game will show you that you should never play that unwritten-rules crap. You want to keep everybody loose, but you don't want to get too comfortable. "It would have been a gut-wrenching loss because of the way the day started," Hinch said. Jorge Polanco hit a two-run home run off Gregory Soto before he mercifully closed it out. The clinching blow turned out to be a three-run double in the top of the ninth by Haase. "Some days the offense is going to be there and a lot of days the pitching staff is going to pick up the offense. "Just an absolutely wild game," said Greiner, who had two hits, two walks and two RBIs. The Twins hadn't hit four home runs in an inning since 1992. That's not something he's done this year." I asked him to go a third inning and that's more on me. "When you have a 10-run lead, you can get a little greedy trying to get to the finish line without using relievers we wanted to rest (Michael Fulmer, Jose Cisnero, Erasmo Ramirez)," Hinch said. It was his second homer of the game.Īfter a double by Willians Astudillo, Jeffers hit his second home run of the game, making it a one-run game. After a walk, Miguel Sano hit the first pitch he saw from Joe Jimenez into the seats. Max Kepler and Brent Rooker hit back-to-back homers off Buck Farmer to start the eighth, which was his third inning of work. The Twins hit four more home runs in the eighth, cutting a 13-6 deficit to 13-12. It turned into a slow-pitch softball game. It was the fifth time in franchise history, the first since 1997, that the Tigers scored 10 or more runs and allowed six or more in the first four innings of a game. They just never stopped hitting home runs after that." "The ball was flying all over the place and we didn't execute pitches. Three catchers hit grand slams in this series - Eric Haase for the Tigers, Jeffers and Mitch Garver for the Twins. The Twins countered with 12 hitters and six runs in the bottom of the fourth, including a grand slam home run by catcher Ryan Jeffers. More: Countdown to history: Tigers, Cabrera buckle up as milestone chase hits home stretch "We needed every run today," Greiner said. They were up 10-0 when starting pitcher Wily Peralta went to the mound in the bottom of the fourth. Willi Castro greeted former Tiger Beau Burrows with an RBI triple. Jeimer Candelario’s two-run double ended Happ’s day. Derek Hill, who had three hits including an RBI bunt single in the second, plated another with an infield single. The Tigers sent 11 hitters to the plate and scored eight runs in the top of the fourth against Twins lefty starter J.A. We swept them at home and had a hard-fought, come-from-behind series win at their place." "But I am glad the way we regrouped in the second couple of series against them. "We're tired of the Twins and they are probably tired of us," Hinch said. They hadn't won a series at Target Field since July 2017. We got a series win at a place where we hadn't won this year." "It was a long day, but a productive day. "An ugly win is better than any loss," Hinch said. The Tigers hadn't scored 17 runs without a home run since Jagainst the long-forgotten Kansas City Athletics. "It wasn't very pretty, but we got a series win with three absolutely nuts games," catcher Grayson Greiner said. The Tigers survived, scoring 17 runs without a home run. The Twins hit four home runs in the eighth inning and had seven in the game, and nearly climbed out of 10-0 and 13-6 holes. The Tigers' 17-14 series-clinching win at a sweltering Target Field on Wednesday was highlighted (or marred, depending on your perspective) by a combined 23-batter, 14-run, 14-hit fourth inning. Then this mess happened in the series finale. But I don’t think it is the best brand of baseball for the competition part of it when you play the same team 10 times in a month.” It’s the first time in my career it’s been this way, so I can’t bash it too much. “I hate the schedule this month, playing the Twins this much,” manager AJ Hinch said.
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