DETROIT -- An unexpected pitching duel between Tommy Milone and Anibal Sanchez broke out before the Twins busted out a five-run seventh inning, capped by a Brian Dozier two-run home run, for a 6-2 victory over the Tigers on Tuesday at Comerica Park.
The win was Minnesota's first over Detroit in eight tries this season.
Milone (3-2), pitching for the first time since his wife gave birth to their baby daughter last week, held a Detroit lineup stacked with right-handed bats to a James McCann single and two leadoff walks over his first eight innings before three consecutive singles rallied Detroit in the ninth.