Minnesota Twins Suffer 11-0 Loss to Tigers in Thursday's Matchup

The Minnesota Twins suffered a crushing 11-0 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, with the Tigers hitting six home runs in the game. Spencer Torkelson hit one of Detroit's six homers and the Tigers rolled to an 11-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday. Colt Keith, Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene, Zach McKinstry and Wenceel Pérez also went deep for Detroit. Leading 2-0, Torkelson hit a two-run shot in the fourth inning for his 10th of the season. Torres made it 5-0 in the fifth before Keith hit a two-run shot for his first of the year in the sixth. Greene in the seventh and McKinstry added solo shots before Pérez capped the surge with a two-run shot to left-center in the eighth. Kevin McGonigle hit a leadoff double in the first and scored on Greene's sacrifice fly. Tigers starting Keider Montero (3-4) allowed four hits, struck out four and walked one in 6 1/3 innings. Zebby Matthews (2-4) gave up nine hits, including three homers, and seven runs. He struck out four and walked one. RHP Jack Flaherty (1-7, 5.31 ERA) will start for the Tigers against Cleveland on Friday against Tanner Bibee (1-7, 4.09). RHP Joe Ryan (4-3, 3.07) will start for the Twins against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. RHP Kyle Leahy (5-3, 4.42) will start for the Cardinals. The Minnesota Twins will look to bounce back from their loss and get back on track in their next matchup.