Eduardo Escobar singled Kepler home, Rosario bunted for a hit, Juan Centeno sacrificed and Dozier stroked his two-run single to left on a 2-2 pitch.Second-place Detroit is still on the fringes of the rush for the second wild-card spot in the American League and enters a weekend series against first-place Cleveland nearly needing a three-game sweep to retain serious hopes of overtaking the Indians in the AL Central.
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The Minnesota Twins are finally seeing the Hector Santiago they expected when they acquired him from the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline.
“I made some adjustments when I got here, but I ended up leaving a bunch of pitches over the plate”, he said. “If he pitches like this, his spot with us next year will take care of itself”. “Any time you lose four out of seven, it isn’t a good homestand”.
Pelfrey (4-10) lost in his first major league appearance since July 31.
Pelfrey gave up a leadoff double to Kennys Vargas in the second inning, then an RBI single to center by Max Kepler.
Milwaukee starter Jimmy Nelson (8-14) threw six innings of three-run ball to earn the win.
First baseman Miguel Cabrera failed to glove Pelfrey’s pickoff throw for a two-base error, and Eduardo Escobar followed by pulling a 3-1 split-change through the hole for a 2-0 lead.
Juan Centeno bunted the runners over, and Pelfrey retired Byron Buxton.
Anthony Rizzo slugged two homers and drove in three runs, while Jon Lester scattered three hits with eight strikeouts over eight innings, as the Cubs clinched a share of the NL Central title by blanking the Cardinals in St. Louis yesterday, 7-0. “If he grounds out to third, no one is asking me about it”.
“Our guys were going to attack Mike’s fastball”, Molitor said of Pelfrey, who spent the last three seasons with the Twins.
Brewers pinch hitter Scooter Gennett broke a tie in the seventh inning as he doubled home Domingo Santana and Martin Maldonado with one out for a 5-3 lead.
Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera reacts to flying out against the Minnesota Twins in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016.
Minnesota Twins’ Eddie Rosario (20) celebrates scoring on a Byron Buxton single against the Detroit Tigers in the ninth inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. He didn’t even get two. He walked two, an improvement over the 11 combined walks he issued in his three prior starts, and struck out three, including Ian Kinsler with two on in the third. He left Monday’s game at Comerica Park with tightness on the right side of his lower back. C Kurt Suzuki is not likely to play for the Twins until this weekend after suffering a five-stitch cut on his chin Wednesday night.
For the fourth day in a row, the Tigers had a Rio Olympic medallist throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Jaeger swam for MI. The Twins have been outscored by 22 runs in the matchup, which will wrap up with three more games early next week at Target Field.
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Jose Ramirez smacked a two-run triple and Coco Crisp added a three-run homer as the visiting Cleveland Indians downed the White Sox last night, 6-1. Rookie of the Year favourite Michael Fulmer (10-6, 2.76) goes up against Cy Young candidate Corey Kluber (16-9, 3.05) in the opener.
