Detroit, MI (KFGO) \u2014 Carlos Correa homered and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins won their season-best fifth straight game with a 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Twins (60-54) also got a homer and three RBIs from Ryan Jeffers, improving to 15-8 since the All-Star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pablo L\u00f3pez (7-6) won his second straight start, holding Detroit scoreless for seven innings. He gave up five hits and didn\u2019t walk a batter while striking out eight. The Tigers only had one runner reach scoring position against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joey Wentz (2-10) took the loss, allowing eight runs on 10 hits and a walk in three innings. Wentz is now 0-6 with a 6.61 in 15 career appearances at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Twins took control early, scoring four times in the first inning and three in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donovan Solano led off the game with a double and scored on Carlos Correa\u2019s one-out double. Max Kepler followed with an infield single and Jeffers hit his ninth homer of the year to put the Twins up 4-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the nine-batter first, Solano led off the second with a single and took second on Jorge Polanco\u2019s base hit. Correa hit Minnesota\u2019s second three-run homer of the game to make it a 7-0 game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Michael A. Taylor made it 8-0 with a third-inning RBI groundout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tigers closer Alex Lange walked the bases loaded in the eighth before hitting Kepler to increase the margin to nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Utilityman Zack Short pitched for the second time in four days and the fifth time this season. He threw a scoreless ninth inning, getting his first career strikeout when Taylor missed a 70.7 eephus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nick Maton hit a three-run homer in the ninth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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