Zach McKinstry and Riley Greene both hit homers in Tigers’ 10-5 win over the Twins
DETROIT AP Zach McKinstry had three hits including one of Detroit s four home runs and the Tigers went on to beat the Twins - on Saturday afternoon Riley Greene Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres also homered for the Tigers Casey Mize - gave up two runs on five hits and one walk in innings He struck out five as he improved to - with a ERA in six starts at home this season Bailey Ober - took the loss allowing seven runs on hits including all four home runs He walked one and struck out five The Tigers took a - lead in the second when Spencer Torkelson doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly After Minnesota went ahead - on Buxton s two-run homer in the third Detroit tied the battle in the bottom of the inning on Carpenter s homer Colt Keith made it - in the fourth with a sacrifice fly and Torres followed with a two-run homer Greene led off the fifth with Detroit s third home run to move the lead to - and McKinstry s lead-off homer in the sixth made it a five-run contest Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer in the eighth but Wenceel P rez hit a two-run double in the bottom of the inning Key moment The Twins nearly took the lead in the second inning but Carpenter leaped to keep a fly ball from Ryan Jeffers from clearing the left field fence Key stat Buxton homered and stole a base in the same contest for the th time tying Gary Gaetti for third place on the Twins career list Up next The teams finish the three-game series in the first Sunday night tournament at Comerica Park since Twins RHP Chris Paddock - faces Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal - who is - in his last starts AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source