Detroit 5, Minnesota 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Wolf, 1B -
Chris Guccione, 2B -
Derryl Cousins, 3B -
Alan Porter
Attendance:
37118
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Tigers 5, Twins 1: Max Scherzer struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings and Miguel Cabrera reached 30 home runs for the sixth consecutive season as visiting Detroit won the rubber game of the series.
Scherzer (12-6) allowed only four hits and fanned at least 10 batters for the fourth time this season to surpass teammate Justin Verlander for the major league lead with 176 strikeouts. He retired 14 of the final 15 batters he faced, including a stretch of 11 straight.
Cabrera homered for the second straight game and became the first Detroit player to hit 30 in five straight years while driving in a pair of runs to boost his major league-leading RBI total to 103.
Delmon Young also clubbed a two-run homer for the Tigers, who won only their seventh road series of the year and first since July 13-15 in Baltimore.
Twins rookie Cole De Vries (2-4) was roughed up for four runs on eight hits in four-plus innings to remain winless in his last eight starts.
Ben Revere had his third straight two-hit game of the series and scored his team's only run on Joe Mauer's RBI single in the eighth as Minnesota lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Cabrera clubbed his 30th homer in the first inning, an opposite-field solo shot, and Young went deep in the fourth inning to stake Scherzer to a 3-0 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cabrera has had 30 homers and 100 RBIs in all five seasons with Detroit. Hank Greenberg (six seasons) is the only other player with more in franchise history. ... Twins CF Denard Span (collarbone) missed his third straight game but said he is feeling better and has a chance to play Friday at Seattle. ... Scherzer registered his major league-leading 10th straight game with at least nine strikeouts this season. ... The Twins called up INF Pedro Florimon from Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday. He'll take the roster spot of SS Brian Dozier, who was demoted after Tuesday's game. ... Wednesday was the one-year anniversary of the trade that sent Young from the Twins to the Tigers. ... Tigers RHP Anibal Sanchez's will have his next start pushed back from Saturday to Wednesday. ... Detroit will open a nine-game homestand Friday against Baltimore while the Twins will kick off a 10-game road trip against the Mariners.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
12 |
2 |
21 |
.316 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
6 |
0 |
9 |
.188 |
14 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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