six Minnesota Twins pitchers union blank detroit tigers Three hits for a 2-0 win in Game 3 of a four-game series Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis
Alex Kirilloff and Ryan Jeffers drive to the race twinwho dropped the first two games of the series
Detroit starter Joey Wentz (1-7) allowed two runs and two hits in six innings. He had a career-high nine strikeouts and a walk while throwing a career-high 107 pitches.
Both teams combined for just six hits in the game, and until Tigers Third baseman Zack Short had two outs in the fifth
Miguel Cabrera hit the next pitch into the left-field corner. Short tried to score from the start but was knocked out in the relay.this Tigers Challenged, but called for support
Wentz retired 13 batters before Royce Lewis, with only one batter out in the fifth. Willie Castro followed with a single for Minnesota and a grounder from left.
After visiting the mound, Kirillov parked the next pitch in right field, allowing Lewis to score from second base for a 1-0 lead.
With a runner at the corner, Short dived a backhand stop on Jeffers’ grounder and drove in the second, but Castro scored from the third inning to make it 2-0. leading.
inside twin’ The first bullpen game of the year, Jose De Leon started for the first time this season and retired all 6 hitters he faced
Emilio Pagan followed with 1 2/3 no-hitters before giving way to left-hander Brent Headrick, who was recalled Saturday from Triple-A St. Paul in his first appearance since April 26 .
Heydrick allowed a hit in 2 1/3 scoreless innings before Brock Stewart took over in the seventh and retired in five runs.
Griffin Jax gave up a looping single from Nick Marton’s left to start the eighth, but twin Followed by a 5-4-3 double play
Zach McKinstry took the lead with a single over Joann Duran in the ninth, but he also benefited from a 5-4-3 double before getting his ninth save.
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