Detroit Tigers lose to Minnesota Twins, 5-3: Game thread recap
When: 8:10 p.m. Thursday.
Where: Target Field in Minneapolis.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Game-time forecast: Partly cloudy, 73 degrees.
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Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (5-7, 4.35 ERA) vs. Twins RHP J.A. Happ (4-4, 6.09 ERA).
Game notes: The Tigers open their series against the last-place Twins with Skubal, a rookie lefty with great stuff, but great inconsistency. Skubal s plus pitches are exemplified with his 100 strikeouts in 82⅔ innings. His inconsistency lay bare in the form of long balls (17 home runs allowed in 15 starts) and walks (37, tied for sixth in the league). He hopes to right the ship after a rocky start to July (eight hits and five runs in five innings Saturday vs. the Chicago White Sox) following a strong June (2-0, 3.14 ERA over 28 2/3 innings). Minnesota s disappointing season continued with a series loss to the Wh
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Tigers down Rangers despite Gallo s two homers
Field Level Media
08 Jul 2021, 07:55 GMT+10
Jeimer Candelario homered for the first time since May 18 and the visiting Detroit Tigers handed All-Star Kyle Gibson his first loss this season while defeating the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Wednesday.
Robbie Grossman reached base four times and drove in two runs for the Tigers, who have won six of their past eight games.
Joey Gallo homered twice and drove in all three Rangers runs. The All-Star has 10 blasts in his last 10 games and 23 overall.
Detroit starter Casey Mize gave up Gallo s solo homers during his four innings of work. He allowed four hits and struck out two. Kyle Funkhouser (3-0) tossed two scoreless innings to pick up the win and All-Star Gregory Soto pitched the last two innings for his seventh save.
BÉISBOL Abraham Almonte remolca cuatro con vuelacercas y sencillo Cabrera decide para Detroit, Ronald Acuña Jr. sacude su jonrón 24, Gallo lleva 10 cuadrangulares en 10 partidos
Abraham Almonte, de los Bravos de Atlanta, recorre las bases tras pegar su jonrón de dos carreras en la octava entrada frente a los Piratas de Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh, Pensilvania
El emergente Abraham Almonte conectó un sencillo de dos carreras para poner a los Bravos al frente en la sexta entrada y disparó un cuadrangular de dos anotaciones en el octavo inning para guiar a Atlanta a un triunfo el miércoles 14-3 sobre los Piratas de Pittsburgh con el que evitaron la barrida en la serie de tres compromisos.