Tuesday's Twins-Tigers game recap

August 3, 2022 at 3:56AM

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Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers

The center fielder was 2-for-5 at the plate with two RBI, including his RBI double in the fifth that tied the score and a RBI single in the seventh that helped the Tigers establish a multi-run lead.

By the numbers

407 Distance, in feet, of Mark Contreras' first MLB home run, hit as he lead off the third inning Tuesday.

3 Number of times through 39 games this season reliever Griffin Jax has given up three or more runs in an outing, which he did in the seventh inning against Detroit.

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