Tag: Scott Baker

  • Tigers fail to clinch, lose 8-3 to Twins (AP)

    Minnesota Twins' Delmon Young(notes) is intercepted by manager Ron Gardenhire, right, after he was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning of a baseball game  against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009 in Detroit. Young was hit after Detroit's Marcus Thames(notes) was hit in the eighth. The Twins defeated the Tigers 8-3.

    Those pesky Twins forced the Detroit Tigers to keep their champagne on ice. Scott Baker got plenty of run support and pitched Minnesota to a testy 8-3 victory on Thursday, preventing the Tigers from clinching their first division title in 22 years. Minnesota avoided elimination from the playoff race and moved within two games of the first-place Tigers with three to play.