On Thursday, the Detroit Tigers conclude a three-game series on the road against the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers defeated the Twins on Tuesday in the series opener 4-2. A rally in the eighth inning was started by the first career hit of the bat of Harold Castro that led to the Tigers two-run victory.
The Twins’ Joe Mauer singled during the first inning and set a new record for the Twins in reaching base safety at 3,073 times that passed the previous record held by Harmon Killebrew. Reliever Trevor Hildenberger suffered the loss to drop to 4-6 on the season after allowing four runs while retiring just one batter during the eighth inning. Nicholas Castellanos leads Detroit with a .301 batting average and team highs in home runs with 22, RBIs with 87 and hits with 181. Detroit has a team batting average of .242 while opposing hitters are averaging .256 at the plate against Tigers pitching. On Thursday, the Tigers will send Francisco Liriano to the mound. The southpaw this season is 5-11 with an ERA of 4.40, 105 Ks and 71 BBs.
Eddie Rosario leads Minnesota with a .288 batting average and team highs in hits with 161, home runs with 24 and RBIs with 77. Minnesota has a team batting average of .247, while opposing hitters are averaging .258 at the plate against Twins pitching. Minnesota has not yet announced a starting pitcher for Thursday’s game against the Tigers.
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Detroit has won 19 of its last 29 games played in Minnesota. The Twins on the other hand have not fared well against left-handed starts losing 7 of the last 8 and Detroit will send southpaw Francisco Liriano to the mound to face the Twins. Final Score Preview, Detroit Tigers win 5-4.
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