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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Spencer Torkelson homered twice against Minnesota for the second time in a week, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Twins 8-7 on Wednesday.
Torkelson lifted Griffin Jax’s 1-1 sweeper into the left-field seats to give the Tigers a 6-4 lead in the top of the seventh for his fourth career multi-homer game. His previous was last Wednesday against the Twins in Detroit.
Relievers Beau Brieske, Tyler Holton, Alex Lange and Will Vest combined for 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Holton (2-2) earned the win by striking out five in 2 1/3 perfect innings.
Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco homered for the Twins. Kerry Carpenter added a solo shot for Detroit.
Jax (5-7) took the loss, surrendering four earned runs on three hits.
The Twins (63-59) remain four games ahead of Cleveland for the AL Central lead. The Tigers are eight back.
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