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04/19 22:06 CDT Tigers hand Twins season-worst 5th straight loss on Wenceel
Prez's walk-off single in 9th
Tigers hand Twins season-worst 5th straight loss on Wenceel Prez's walk-off
single in 9th
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Rookie Wenceel Prez hit a game-ending two-out single in
the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers handed the Minnesota Twins their
season-worst fifth straight loss, 5-4 on Friday night.
Prez finished with three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Kerry Carpenter
added four hits and two RBIs for the Tigers.
With the game tied at 4-all in the ninth, Twins reliever Caleb Thielbar (0-1)
got the first two outs before giving up a single to Parker Meadows. Thielbar
then threw wildly on a pickoff attempt, allowing Meadows to take second. Mark
Canha was intentionally walked, setting up Prez, who drove in the winning run
with a sharp single to center.
The Twins, who won the AL Central last year, have lost 10 of 13 and fell to
6-12, second-worst in the AL ahead of only the division rival Chicago White Sox.
Detroit reliever Andrew Chaffin (2-0) retired all four batters he faced. Jason
Foley worked a scoreless ninth for his sixth save. The Tigers are 6-9 since
starting the season with five straight wins.
Tigers starter Jack Flaherty gave up four runs --- two earned --- on four hits
with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Minnesota's Joe Ryan gave up four runs and
struck out six in 5 1/3 innings.
Trevor Larnach, who was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday, hit a
two-run homer to right in the first inning, putting the Twins on top 2-1.
The Tigers used speed and timely hitting to score twice in the third. Meadows
drew a one-out walk and stole second as Canha struck out. Prez blooped a
single to left to score Meadows. Prez then stole second and scored on
Carpenter's shift-beating single through the vacant shortstop hole.
Detroit added a run in the sixth when Prez tripled and scored on Carpenter's
third hit. But the Twins tied it in the bottom half with the help of two
outfield miscues by the Tigers.
After Edouard Julien walked, Ryan Jeffers hit a flyball to short right that
Prez overran, putting runners on second and third with nobody out. Flaherty
almost wiggled out of the jam, striking out Alex Kiriloff and Larnach. But on a
full-count pitch, Byron Buxton hit a high fly to left that carried to the
warning track, where Carpenter let it fall for a two-run double.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers: 3B Gio Urshela left the game with right hamstring tightness after
running out a grounder in the second inning. He walked slowly back to the
dugout accompanied by a trainer and was replaced by Matt Vierling.
UP NEXT
RHP Reese Olson (0-2, 3.86 ERA) will start for the Tigers as the series
continues Saturday. Minnesota will send RHP Bailey Ober (0-1, 6.57) to the
mound.
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