Tigers 10, Twins 4: Tigers out-slug Twins

Byron Buxton kicked the game off with a homer, his 19th of the year, to put the Twins up 1-0. Taj Bradley had a really rough start again, as Dillon Dingler tied the game in the bottom of the first with a solo homer of his own. Then, in the 2nd, Riley Greene hit a solo shot to make it 2-1, Detroit.

Josh Bell tied the game at 2 with a solo blast in the top of the 3rd inning, and that’s home run number 200 for his career. But, a lead-off walk from Taj scored on Greene’s sacrifice fly in the bottom half, putting the Tigers back on top.

After both teams took a pass on scoring in the 4th, Brooks Lee and Kody Clemens hit solo home runs in the 5th to give the Twins a 5-4 lead. It would be the last lead the Twins would get tonight, as Kerry Carpenter‘s two run shot in the bottom of that inning would put the Tigers up for good. A 3-run homer by Dingler in the 6th off of a Taylor Rogers down-and-in sweeper would let us all go to bed early, pretty much.

In the 7th, the Twins had Royce Lewis at the plate with the bases loaded, representing the tying run, but he flew out to the warning track in left. That was the Twins last gasp, and the Tigers tacked on 2 more in the 7th, giving us our 10-4 final score.

Buxton and Clemens: Hit a homer, you get a stud, it’s my rule.

Taj Bradley: 4.1, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 3 HR

The bullpen except for Cody Laweryson: 2.2 IP, 5 ER