The Twins have won five in a row and seven of eight, and stretched their lead in the American League Central to 4 1⁄2 games over the White Sox by beating the Tigers 5-4 on Monday night.
The teams meet again today (6:40 p.m., BSN) with Sonny Gray pitching for the Twins against righthander Beau Brieske (0-3, 5.13 ERA).
Gio Urshela's infield bleeder got the winning run home in the bottom of the ninth on Monday.
Gray spent time on the injured list this season; this will be his sixth start. He's 1-1 with a 3.48 ERA and is coming off his longest stint, a six-inning outing at Oakland on Wednesday where he gave up six hits and two runs in a 14-4 victory, throwing 84 pitches. It was his first appearance of 2022 where he qualified for a win by pitching five or more innings.
Brieske, 24, was a 27th round pick in 2019 by the Tigers out of Colorado State-Pueblo. He has gone at least five innings in each of his five starts since making his big league debut on April 23. He was at Class A West Michigan and Class AA Erie last season before starting this year at Class AAA Toledo.
TIGERS LINEUP
Robbie Grossman, RF
Jonathan Schoop, 2B
