Minnesota @ Detroit

Network: FSN North
Announcers: Dick Bremer, Roy Smalley
Format: DVD (3 disks)
Quality: 9.5 (Directv Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out.

Games Notes

Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe deliver as Twins beat back the Tigers 8-6.

Willingham and Plouffe both homer after combining for 3 HRs in Minnesota's previous game. Joe Mauer adds a solo shot in the 9th for insurance as the Twins spoil the debut of Detroit reliever Darwin Downs, who made it all the way back from suffering a fractured skull from a line drive while pitching in AA in 2009.

Downs replaces Joaquin Benoit after Mauer's HR and records the final 3 outs. However, the night belonged to Minnesota bats, with Mauer and Willingham combining to go 5-of-10 with 4 runs and 4 RBI.


Starting pitchers:
Twins - Nick Blackburn
Tigers - Duane Below

Winning pitcher: Gray (5-0)
Losing pitcher: Brayan Villarreal (3-2)