(84-76) VS. (63-97) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 – – , MN

FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB WINNING : Berríos (14-10, 3.89) LOSING PITCHER: Boyd (6-11, 5.27) Detroit 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 8 SAVE: Belisle (9)

Minnesota 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 6 9 0 8

FIRST PITCH: 7:10 pm GAME TIME TEMP: 59 degrees TIME OF GAME: 3:29 ATTENDANCE: 34,580 HOME RUNS: Castellanos (26th, 1st inning off Gibson, one on, no outs, 3-2 pitch, 377 feet to center) Dozier (34th, 2nd inning off Boyd, two on, two outs, 2-2 pitch, 411 feet to left) Escobar (21st, 2nd inning off Boyd, none on, two outs, 2-1 pitch, 417 feet to left)

PITCHING LINES: TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K 3.2 7 3 3 0 6 1 0 87/59 NEXT GAME: Ryan Pressly 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11/5 Twins vs. Tigers José Berríos (W) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 29/21 Saturday, Sept. 30 – 6:10 pm (CT) Tyler Duffey 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23/13 ------Taylor Rogers 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11/6 RHP Aaron Slegers (0-0, 7.36) Trevor Hildenberger 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4/3 vs. Matt Belisle (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13/8 RHP (4-5, 7.33)

TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR WP PITCHES/K 5.0 7 5 5 3 5 2 0 99/58 Warwich Saupold 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 26/17 Chad Bell 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14/9 Victor Alcantara 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12/6

TWINS NOTES: • THE TWINS defeated the Tigers tonight for their 4,500th win (since 1961), the 14th MLB team, and 8th in AL, to reach 4,500 wins since 1961…they have won six straight games against the Tigers, the longest win streak vs. Detroit since winning nine straight from July 19, 2004 to April 14, 2005…with the win the Twins ensure the season series win, improving to 10-7 vs. the Tigers. • KYLE GIBSON allowed three runs on seven hits while walking none and striking out six in 3.2 innings…finished season with 158.0 innings, the third-most in his career…collected 121 this season, the second most in a single-season in his career…finished September going 4-0 with a 3.28 ERA in six starts, his lowest single month ERA since posting a 1.36 ERA in May of 2014…in his final eight starts of the season went 6-0 with a 2.92 ERA (49.1 IP, 16 ER), 10 walks and 46 strikeouts • BRIAN DOZIER (2-for-3) hit his 34th home of the season with his fourth three-run homer of the season…joins as the only Twins to have multiple seasons with at least 34 home runs, Killer had eight…now has 93 RBI, six shy of his career-high 99 from last season…is his second season with at least 21 homers post-ASG, the fourth Twin to have at least 21 HR post-ASG (Killebrew, Bob Allison and Jimmy Hall)…in his last nine games against the Tigers is batting .425 (17-for-40) with two doubles, a , four home runs and nine RBI…multiple hits in five of his last six games. • EDUARDO ESCOBAR (3-for-5) hit his 21st of the season going back-to-back with Dozier, the fifth time this season the Twins have gone back-to- back with all five being different combinations…seven of his 21 are off left-handed pitching…12 of 21 at Target Field…eighth career homer against the Tigers, which is now tied with Kansas City for most in his career against one team…multiple hits in three of last seven games…now tied for team-lead with 21 multi-RBI game (also Polanco and Sanó).

TIGERS NOTES: • THE TIGERS lost to the Twins tonight, falling to 63-97…97 losses are tied for the seventh most in Tigers history (1998)…most losses since losing franchise record 119 games in 2003…have lost six straight vs. the Twins, the longest losing streak vs. MIN since nine straight from July 19, 2004 to April 14, 2005. • MATTHEW BOYD allowed five runs on seven hits, two home runs, three walks and five strikeouts in 5.0 innings…five runs were most in his last six starts…was issued the loss and is now 1-6 with a 5.14 ERA (56.0 IP, 32 ER) in his last 10 appearances (9 starts). • NICHOLAS CASTELLANOS (1-for-4) hit his 26th home run of the season with a two-run shot off Gibson in the first…the two RBI put his season total at 101, which are the most by a Tiger this season…he is the 10th player in Tigers history to record 100-plus RBI, and the first since Cabrera had 127 in 2008 at age 25… is the second Tigers outfielder to have 100-plus RBI in a season since 2009, joining J.D. Martinez who had 102 RBI in 2015…in his last eight games

-More- against the Twins is batting .333 (11-for-33) with two home runs and six RBI…hit safely in 29 of last 31 games…is the sixth Tiger since 1913 and the first since Al Kaline in 1956 to have 10-or-more triples, 25-or-more home runs and 100-or-more RBI in a season. • ALEX PRESLEY (1-for-5) has hit safely in 23 of his last 26 games and is hitting .349 (38-for-109) over his last 26 games. • ANDREW ROMINE (2-for-4) has a hit in four straight games…first multi-hit game since September 4…came into tonight’s game 1-for-last-21 vs. the Twins.

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