Detroit overwhelmed Minnesota 11-0 at Comerica Park, combining dominant pitching with relentless offense in a complete performance that snapped a one-game losing streak.
Keider Montero earned the victory with 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing four hits while striking out four. The right-hander improved to 3-4 on the season, carrying a 3.61 ERA. Detroit's bullpen completed the shutout, limiting Minnesota to five hits total.
The Tigers broke open a close game with three runs in the fourth inning. Keith singled to right, scoring Dingler, then Torkelson homered to left, bringing Keith home for a 4-0 lead. Detroit added single runs in the fifth and seventh on solo homers by Torres and Greene, respectively. Keith struck again in the sixth with a two-run homer to right center, extending the margin to 7-0. The Tigers capped the rout with three runs in the eighth, highlighted by Pérez's two-run homer to left center.
Zebby Matthews absorbed the loss for Minnesota, allowing seven runs on nine hits over six innings. The left-hander fell to 2-4 with a 5.20 ERA, unable to contain Detroit's balanced attack that featured six different home runs.
Detroit improved to 28-40 while Minnesota dropped to 31-38. The Tigers collected 13 hits with Keith leading the way at 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Greene adding two RBIs on his sacrifice fly and homer.