Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

· Doubleheader - Game 1

Minnesota Twins

5-7, 4-3 Away

Final
11 - 5

Detroit Tigers

8-5, 2-3 Home

Twins use a seven-run 12th inning to beat Tigers 11-5 in the first game of doubleheader

After both teams scored once in the 11th, Detroit reliever Alex Lange (0-1) walked Willi Castro to start the 12th and Christian Vázquez bunted, but first baseman Spencer Torkelson's throw to third was late, loading the bases.

Lange walked Austin Martin to make it 5-4. Kyle Farmer and Carlos Santana struck out, but Ryan Jeffers hit a grounder to third that went through McKinstry's legs for a three-run error.

McKinstry then replaced Lange, walked Manuel Margot and allowed a long homer to Wallner.

Jorge Alcala (1-0) got the win after allowing a run in the 12th.

Maeda said it was the first time in his career he had faced a former team and called the experience “uneasy” and “odd”.

He did have fun with Vázquez, his former catcher.

“He remembered the one word of Japanese I taught him last year,” Maeda said through an interpreter. “He called me ‘grandpa’ all day.”

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first when Kerry Carpenter homered. Martin's RBI double made it 2-1 in the third.

Maeda had a chance at an inning-ending 1-6-3 double play in the fifth, but his throw sailed into center field to put runners on the corners. Santana grounded to first, but the Tigers again failed to turn the double play, allowing Martin to score the tying run from third.

Colt Keith's RBI single put the Tigers up 3-2 in the sixth but Jeffers tied the game with a pinch-hit homer off Shelby Miller in the eighth. He also drove in Minnesota's 11th-inning run with a single.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Twins: SS Carlos Correa was placed on the 10-day injured list after sustaining an oblique early in Friday's 8-2 loss to the Tigers. Manager Rocco Baldelli said he does not believe it is a serious injury, while Correa thinks it might have been related to the coughing he did during a recent illness.

The teams play the second game of the doubleheader with Detroit RHP Matt Manning (0-0, 0.00) facing RHP Simeon Woods Richardson. Both starters were called up Saturday to serve as their team's 27th player.

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 48.3%

Twins: 51.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	12th Inning	Torkelson flied out to center.
	12th Inning	Canha to second on fielder's indifference.
	12th Inning	Canha grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Greene out at second.
	12th Inning	Greene singled to center, Kelly scored.
	12th Inning	Báez lined out to right.
	12th Inning	Jackson relieved Alcala

Statistics

MIN		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	17
8	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
11	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
45	At Bats	44
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
3	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
189	Pitches	171
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	12
51	Plate Appearances	48
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
4.9	Runs Created	2.2
.178	Batting Average	.182
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.378	Slugging Percentage	.273
.289	Secondary Average	.159
.260	On Base Percentage	.234
.638	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.507
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.6
59.0	Batter Rating	33.0
22.5	At Bats Per Home Run	44.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.200	Isolated Power	.091
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.023
19.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.5	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0