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Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

Final
Comerica Park78°, Partly Cloudy22,874

Recap

Player of the gameDean KremerMIN5.0ip 5h 2er 3k

DETROIT – This is how it was supposed to look. When the Twins added three pitchers at the Trade Deadline, they had nights almost exactly like Tuesday in mind. Dean Kremer pitched five strong innings, while A.J. Minter and Jeff Hoffman turned in key performances over the course of four scoreless innings from the Twins’ bullpen as Minnesota boosted its faltering playoff hopes with a 3-2 win against the Tigers at Comerica Park on Tuesday. Righties Andrew Morris and Yoendrys Gómez also played key roles, making it a textbook example of the kinds of wins the club envisioned five weeks ago. Morris and Gómez were the two relievers who stabilized the Twins’ bullpen enough as the Deadline approached to help the front office feel confident in adding to the group. It was a clean, well-played win that also featured some exemplary defense, the kind they’ll need more of over the final 2 1/2 weeks to make a charge up the standings. “Good victory all around,” said manager Derek Shelton. But especially so for the bullpen. After Kremer’s five effective innings, Shelton moved aggressively to get to his relief corps, with all of his top arms available. Minter, acquired from the Mets, pitched a perfect sixth. He got one out in the seventh, but a walk, a stolen base and a Ryan Jeffers throwing error put a runner on third with one out when Morris came into the game, giving the rookie one of his toughest tasks yet. Morris didn’t blink. He struck out Hao-Yu Lee and got Zach McKinstry to fly out, escaping the jam. Hoffman and Gómez pitched a perfect eighth and ninth, respectively, with Luke Keaschall’s nifty diving catch ending the game. “You don’t want to put a lot of pressure on \[new acquisitions\

Team stats

5Hits5
1Home runs1
3Walks2
5Strikeouts7
0Stolen bases1
131Pitches thrown126
7Pitching strikeouts5

Box score

BattersABRHRBIHRBBSO
Walker JenkinsCF3000001
Kaelen CulpepperSS3000002
Kody Clemens2B-LF3112110
Josh BellDH3001000
Ryan JeffersC3020010
Trevor LarnachLF3000000
Luke KeaschallRF3110010
Royce Lewis1B4000001
Brooks Lee3B4110001
Ryan Kreidler2B0000000
Totals29353135
PitchersIPHRERBBSOHR
Dean KremerP5.0522131
A.J. MinterP1.1000110
Andrew MorrisP0.2000010
Yoendrys GomezP1.0000010
Jeff HoffmanP1.0000010