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- Updated: May 17, 2016
DETROIT — Entering Monday, teams trailing by eight runs this season were 0-49. The Twins nearly became the first one to win, rallying from such a deficit to tie the score, but they ultimately fell, 10-8, to the Tigers.
“It was a really good battle by us,” third baseman Trevor Plouffe said. “We talked in Cleveland about how we scored runs early and not late. We want to continue to put pressure. We got down early, but kept our heads up and battled. I think it was a good game for us, obviously not the outcome we wanted, but it’s something we can look to and motivate us a little bit tomorrow.”
Starter Jose Berrios didn’t even get out of the first, pulled after two-thirds of an inning and finishing with seven earned runs allowed. Reliever Pat Dean gave up another run in the frame to make it 8-0, and the Twins’ bats were facing Jordan Zimmermann. But the comeback started in the very next inning.
A two-run homer by Kurt Suzuki in the top of the second got the Twins on the board, and Miguel Sano hit a solo shot in the third to make it 8-3.
“It was good,” manager Paul Molitor said. “The first inning, you know you’ve still got to play eight more. We talk a lot about playing …
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