SCORECARD
Boxscore: Detroit 13, Twins 1
FIRST INNING
Detroit: Anthony Gose singled to center off Twins starter Mike Pelfrey. Ian Kinsler grounded out to Pelfrey, Gose advanced to second. Miguel Cabrera singled to center, scoring Gose. J.D. Martinez singled to center, Cabrera went to third. Yoenis Cespedes hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Cabrera. Nick Castellanos walked, Martinez advanced to second. Rajai Davis doubled to left, scoring Martinez.
Detroit 3, Twins 0
THIRD INNING
Detroit: Castellanos singled to center. Davis reached on a bunt single to third, Castellanos advanced to second and went to third on third baseman Trevor Plouffe's throwing error. Bryan Holaday lined out to second. Jose Iglesias grounded out to short, scoring Castellanos.
Detroit 4, Twins 0
FOURTH INNING
Twins: Detroit starter Anibal Sanchez walked Kurt Suzuki. Joe Mauer struck out. Plouffe singled to left-center, Suzuki went to second. Eduardo Escobar singled to right, scoring Suzuki.
Detroit 4, Twins 1
FIFTH INNING
Detroit: Castellanos homered to right.
Detroit 5, Twins 1
SIXTH INNING
Detroit: Ian Kinsler doubled to left-center off reliever Brian Duensing. Cabrera hit a two-run homer to left-center. Martinez walked. Cespedes reached on a fielder's choice to third, Martinez was out at second. Ryan Pressly relieved Duensing. Castellanos walked, Cespedes went to second. Davis struck out. Holaday hit a ground-rule double to left, scoring Cespedes.
Detroit 8, Twins 1
SEVENTH INNING
Detroit: Gose tripled to left-center off reliever J.R. Graham. Kinsler tripled to left-center, scoring Gose. Cabrera hit a two-run homer to right.
Detroit 11, Twins 1
EIGHTH INNING
Detroit: Davis singled to center. Holaday hit a two-run homer to left.
Detroit 13, Twins 1
TWINSABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Dozier 2b301000.257
Bernier ph-2b100000.000
Suzuki c310010.240
Mauer dh400003.274
Plouffe 3b401001.261
Escobar lf301100.239
Vargas 1b300001.250
Rosario rf300003.192
Hicks cf301001.364
Santana ss301001.250
Totals30151110
DetroitABRHBIBBSOAvg.
Gose cf524010.348
Kinsler 2b522100.307
Perez ph-2b100000.095
Cabrera 1b533500.328
Romine 1b000000.360
Martinez dh412011.244
Cespedes lf410101.267
Castellanos 3b322121.240
Davis rf513101.282
Holaday c513300.600
Iglesias ss501101.351
Totals4213201345
Twins000 100 000—152
Detroit301 013 32x—13200
E—Plouffe 2 (3). LOB—Twins 3, Detroit 10. 2B—Kinsler (9), R.Davis (3), Holaday (1). 3B—Gose (2), Kinsler (2). HR—Castellanos (3), off Pelfrey; Cabrera (7), off Duensing; Cabrera (8), off Graham; Holaday (1), off Graham. RBI—Escobar (15), Kinsler (17), Cabrera 5 (26), Cespedes (19), Castellanos (13), Davis (7), Holaday 3 (3), Iglesias (4). SB—Santana (3). SF—Cespedes. DP—Twins 1, Detroit 2.
TWINSIPHRERBBSONPERA
Pelfrey L, 3-14 2/3105421953.23
Duensing2/333310207.71
Pressly2/310011253.52
Graham265503424.61
DETROITIPHRERBBSONPERA
Sanchez W, 3-48511191114.76
Alburquerque100001126.17
Inherited runners-scored—Duensing 1-0, Pressly 1-1. Umpires—Home, James Hoye; First, Bill Welke; Second, John Tumpane; Third, Chris Guccione. T—3:03. A—31,785 (41,574).
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