Twins 6, Tigers 3: Dozier dinger dooms Detroit

With the 2nd wild card spot locked up, the Twins sought to hone their claws against the Tigers. Things didn’t start very well as Kyle Gibson gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning, 2 on a home run by Nick Castellanos.

If you ever felt unathletic (I know I have), just know that Brian Dozier tripped running around 2nd base. That turned what would’ve been a triple into a very funny double. Eduardo Escobar followed that with a double to score the Twins first run, 3-1.

The next inning, Dozier blasted a 3-run homer (34) to give the Twins a 4-3 lead (no tripping this time). Then Escobar hit a solo blast (21) to make it 5-3.

Once again, Kyle Gibson was bailed out by his offense. He settled down, but didn’t complete 4 innings as the bullpen got some work in tonight. Sounds like he was on a pitch count tonight, which makes sense.

Escobar picked up a 3rd RBI with a single in the 6th, giving us the final score of 6-3. The last thing of note: Miguel Sano got an AB in the 7th, tapping out to the pitcher.

Matt Belisle picked up the save, his 9th on the year.

Studs:

Brian Dozier: 2-3, HR, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB

Eduardo Escobar: 3-5, HR, 2B, 3 RBI

Bullpen: 5.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 8 K

Duds:

NO DUDS TWINS WIN!

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