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Detroit Tigers drop first half finale in a 12-9 heartbreaking loss to the Minnesota Twins

Special to Detroit Free Press

The Minneosta Twins completed a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers with a wild 12-9, 10-inning victory on Sunday.

Jorge Polanco’s three-run homer off Derek Holland in the 10th inning finished off the stinging defeat.

Jake Rogers blasted a ninth-inning grand slam off Minnesota closer Taylor Rogers, erasing a three-run deficit. Ben Rortvedt tied it in the bottom of the inning with a solo blast off Holland.

The Twins rallied from a 4-0 deficit for the second straight day.