Tigers 11 Twins 8

It was a shaky game for the Tigers pitching staff last night but they still won 11-8. The Tigers' bats got hot fast as they drove in 9 runs in the first 3 innings. The hitting was good but the pitching was bad again last night. Nate Cornejo got the start and took an 11-3 lead into the fifth, needing just three outs to qualify for a victory, but after getting the first out, he gave up two doubles, a walk and a base hit, and Trammell gave pulled him. Knotts came in a started good, pitching a perfect sixth inning but then he gave up a triple that scored another 2 runs to cut the Tigers lead to 11-7. Al Levine came in a only gave up only one run going into the ninth inning. Urbina came in and slammed the door shut for his first save of the season. The Tigers hit the ball great last night collecting 15 hits and 11 runs. Pudge had one of his finest games as a Tiger as he went 4-5 with 2 rbis. The Tigers needed this victory but they still need to start pitching a lot better after giving up so many runs the last couple games. The last game of the series is today at 1:05 with Mike Maroth(2-0)getting the start.
Notes-The Tigers are now 9-6 on the season....Tiger-killer Brad Radke was pulled after two innings....Minnesota holds a 46-15 record vs. Detroit since 2001....Tigers have scored 92 runs this season through 15 games....It took the Tigers till May 14th to get 9 victories last season....Brandon Inge is batted .333 this year....