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| − | The Twins broke the game open with a five-run eighth against Brayan Villarreal, when Pedro Florimon hit a two-run double and Aaron Hicks added a two-run single for his initial league hit. Tigers relievers threw in the towel 10 runs over 10 innings in these three games.
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| − | Miguel Cabrera got another RBI, his fourth of the season, however the Tigers had another quiet afternoon at the plate.
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| − | The Tigers had runners at second and third with none out in the seventh after Austin Jackson doubled, Detroit's first extra-base hit in 21 innings since Torii Hunter's double within the third inning of Monday's opener. Cabrera was walked intentionally with one to load the bases. But Prince Fielder struck on a checked swing against Tyler Robertson and Victor Martinez popped out against Casey Fien to finish the threat.
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| − | ''I'll take my chances with that all year long,'' Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
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| − | Starting pitching should be Minnesota's biggest weakness, the primary reason why the Twins lost 195 games the last two years. But Vance Worley, Kevin Correia and Pelfrey allowed five earned runs in 18 1-3 innings within this series, a couple.45 ERA.
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| − | ''I know the expectations away from clubhouse aren't the best, but everybody in here, we feel in each other and know what we're capable of,'' Pelfrey said.
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| − | The 6-foot-7 Pelfrey was a fixture in the Mets' rotation for four-plus seasons until the elbow problem popped up. He earned three starts this past year before undergoing the ligament replacement procedure. So Gardenhire was smiling afterward when describing how he attempted to take Pelfrey out after five innings only to be rebuffed.
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| − | ''I said, 'I'm not done. I have been a horse my whole life. I wish to get back to that. I am going back out,''' Pelfrey said. ''He said, 'OK, I trust you. Go back out.' And so i appreciated the chance.''
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| − | Dr. James Andrews performed the operation last May One in Gulf Breeze, Fla., making Pelfrey's comeback a little more [http://videos.ninadobrevstuff.com/read_blog// The Actions Every Person Needs To Know Regarding nba jerseys], [http://www.rastafaritvuk.com/read_blog/31503/things-every-person-needs-to-know-involving-nba-jerseys The Thing All People Keep Asking Involving nba jerseys], [http://avriltube.fanzoom.net/read_blog// What People Must Know Regarding nba jerseys] than 11 months. The right-hander gave up two unearned runs, five hits and two walks in 5 1-3 innings, with one strikeout. He trailed 2-0 before the Twins found their ability stroke, but even those runs weren't his fault. Throwing errors by catcher Joe Mauer and also the shortstop Florimon resulted in runs in the first and the third.
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| − | ''It's nice understanding that we're going to have some guys who can get us late in games,'' Robertson said.
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| − | Porcello didn't pitch badly, yielding six hits and 2 walks in 5 1-3 innings while striking out two. But he gave up charge in the third when Mauer's two-out single was followed by Willingham's tying two-run shot into the seats in left-center.
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| − | In the fourth, Plouffe hit one even higher and further that clanked off the facade of the second deck over the same spot in the ballpark. Willingham and Plouffe were the top two power hitters for that Twins this past year, with 35 and 24 home runs respectively.
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| − | ''They did all the hitting today. I understand it's early and that we don't want to continue to say that, but we'll turn it around,'' Hunter said.
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