Top 8th: Tigers 8, Twins 3
J.T. Chargois entered the game out of the Minnesota bullpen and James McCann drilled a leadoff double off the wall in right center for the Tigers' 13th hit of the night. Cameron Maybin followed by grounding out to second, moving McCann up to third with one out. The Tigers couldn't get the extra run home, though, as Ian Kinsler flew out into foul territory and Erick Aybar grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.
Bottom 7th: Tigers 8, Twins 3
Anibal Sanchez had a second consecutive easy, breezy inning, setting the Twins down in order and putting himself in position to come back out for the eighth inning.