Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins Match Player Stats On Jul 21, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 22, 2017

MINNEAPOLIS -- Victor Martinez homered twice to support Anibal Sanchez's sixth start of the season as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Friday night.

Nicholas Castellanos, Mikie Mahtook and Jose Iglesias each had two hits as the bottom five of the Detroit batting order went 9-for-18. The Tigers beat Minnesota for the fifth time in seven games this season.

Sanchez (2-0) surrendered three runs in 5 2/3 innings. He gave up six hits, three walks and struck out five batters. Four relievers combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings with one hit allowed and Justin Wilson secured his 11th save in 13 chances.

Twins right-hander Ervin Santana (11-7) had his shortest outing of the season, pulled after 3 1/3 innings while yielding five runs, seven hits and two walks.

Santana fought his command, but the two biggest mistakes came against Martinez. Santana left a fastball over the middle of the plate that Martinez hit out to right field to open the scoring with two outs in the second inning.

Iglesias scored on Justin Upton's double off the right-field wall in the third and Martinez hit his second homer and eighth of the season in the fourth after Castellanos' leadoff single. Mahtook tripled and scored on a wild pitch to make it 5-0.

Sanchez, who had allowed eight runs in three innings of relief against Minnesota earlier this season, had a big mix of speeds to keep the Twins out of sync early.

Rookie Zack Granite singled to start the fourth and proceeded to steal second, his first major league steal. Joe Mauer walked and Miguel Sano plated Granite with a sharp single. Ehire Adrianza later delivered a two-run single with the bases loaded.

NOTES: Detroit 1B Miguel Cabrera left the game in the fifth inning with a right clavicle contusion from a hard ground ball. Cabrera went to field the ball off the bat of Robbie Grossman when it bounced up and ricocheted off his chest. He stayed in the game, but Andrew Romine was sent in to pinch-hit in the next half-inning. Cabrera underwent X-rays that came back negative and he's considered day to day. ... Minnesota CF Byron Buxton (left groin strain) had a workout on Friday and he could start a rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester as soon as Saturday. Buxton is eligible to return from the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday. ... The Twins unveiled a bronze statue of former manager Tom Kelly before Friday's game as part of the weekend celebration of the 1987 World Series championship. Kelly guided the team to two World Series titles and is first in team history in games managed and wins at 1,140-1,244. ... Minnesota LHP Glen Perkins (left posterior shoulder strain) tweeted that he is scheduled to pitch in a minor league game on Saturday. Perkins has missed more than a year because of shoulder problems.