The Minnesota Twins scored six runs in the first two innings on their way to a 7-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers Monday night at Target Field.
Trevor Plouffe’s two-run double in the bottom of the first highlighted a four-run first inning for the Twins. Torii Hunter and Kurt Suzuki added RBI singles in the inning.
Minnesota then added two more in the second on run-scoring singles from Miguel Sano and Eduardo Escobar.
In the meantime, Twins starter Tyler Duffey (3-1), who escaped trouble in the first inning, was cruising through the first six innings. Duffey gave up one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked two.
Escobar added to the Twins lead in the fourth with a monstrous home run to left.
Best OPS in games started at shortstop in Twins history:
.786 – Eduardo Escobar
.744 – Roy Smalley
.721 – Leo Cardenas
.706 – Jason Bartlett— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) September 14, 2015
He finished 2-for-4 with the home run and two RBIs on the night. Joe Mauer was 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored in the victory.
Tigers starter Kyle Lobstein (3-8) struggled. He allowed six runs on seven hits in just 1 1/3 innings of work.
Phil Hughes (10-8) returns from the disabled list to start on Tuesday night against Alfredo Simon (12-9) for the Tigers.
