Game recap: Detroit 4, Twins 3

June 16, 2014 at 6:28AM
LAKELAND, FL - FEBRUARY 19: Victor Martinez #41 of the Detroit Tigers poses during Photo Day on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Tony Firriolo/MLB Photos via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Victor Martinez ORG XMIT: 159448021
Victor Martinez (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

GAME RECAP

Impact player

Victor Martinez, Detroit

The switch-hitting slugger reached base five times, including the leadoff walk in the sixth that helped Tigers tie the score.

BY THE NUMBERS

2 Hits for Joe Mauer, only his third multi-hit game in his past 21 starts.

3.26 ERA by Tigers starting pitchers — who did not include Cy Young winners Justin Verlander or Max Scherzer — this weekend.

122,771 Comerica Park attendance for the three-game series, Detroit's largest crowds of the season.

PHIL MILLER

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Phil Miller

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Phil Miller has covered the Twins for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2013. Previously, he covered the University of Minnesota football team, and from 2007-09, he covered the Twins for the Pioneer Press.

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