Ninth-inning hit boosts Tigers over slumping Twins

Wenceel Perez went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, including a tiebreaking RBI single in the top of the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers held on for a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night in Minneapolis.Kerry Carpenter finished 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Detroit, which opened a six-game road trip. Spencer Torkelson added three hits, including an RBI single.Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer to lead Minnesota at the plate. Byron Buxton contributed a two-run double for the Twins, who dropped their fifth game in a row.Tigers left-hander Andrew Chafin (2-0) earned the victory, retiring all four batters he faced. He was one of three relievers to follow starter Jack Flaherty, who gave up four runs (two earned) on four hits, walked one and struck out 10 in six innings.Twins left-hander Caleb Thielbar (0-1) allowed one run on two hits in one inning.Tigers right-hander Jason Foley got the final three outs for his sixth save.Detroit grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first.Torkelson hit a ground ball toward the hole between first and second base. Twins second baseman Edouard Julien gloved the ball, hesitated and fired a throw toward the plate, but the ball skipped past catcher Christian Vazquez and Carpenter slid into home.

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