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Twins: Baldelli said RHP Michael Pineda is in a good spot right now in terms of his innings and should be fine going forward. He's allowed a major league-high 36 home runs in 2019. The Twins won that game 7-4 on Sunday.īoyd gave up four hits in that game, but two of them were homers. "I find out later when I was in the dugout."Ĭruz's homer made it 10-6, and the Twins went on to load the bases that inning, but Jose Cisnero struck out pinch-hitter Luis Arraez to end the threat.īoyd and Perez also started against each other last weekend, but with a different result. "I had no idea that that was the homer to tie it," Cruz said. Only one of Minnesota's home runs came with anyone on base, a two-run shot by Polanco in the fifth that made it 8-4.Ĭruz tied the record in the eighth with a 450-foot home run to the bushes beyond the wall in center.

Garver led off the game with a towering home run to left field, and after the Tigers answered with an unearned run, Kepler put the Twins up 2-1 with his 36th homer of the year. Victor Reyes had two hits in the inning, including a run-scoring single that made it 8-2. Miguel Cabrera put the Tigers up 3-2 with an RBI double, and Rodriguez followed with a two-run shot. Minnesota led 2-1 in the bottom of the third, but with one out, Perez allowed eight straight hitters to reach base. Martín Perez (9-6) allowed seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings. "This (record) got broke in August this year, so that's just the way the game is now." Can't do much about what they give you or put in your hand, right?" Boyd said. He's part of the chorus of people who have suggested that the ball is the reason for high homer rates. He struck out 11 with one walk.īoyd also gave up four home runs. Matthew Boyd (7-10) allowed five runs and six hits in six innings for Detroit. Detroit sent 12 men to the plate in the third.

Ronny Rodriguez hit a pair of two-run homers for the Tigers, who snapped a six-game skid and halted a six-game winning streak by the AL Central-leading Twins. "I know that I haven't seen many runs - any runs, really - that have been like this. "When these home runs start flying - and they've been flying since the very beginning - and there have been some games and weeks that are, they've been pretty special," manager Rocco Baldelli said. The Twins were understandably subdued after losing the game, but they understood the significance of the accomplishment. Cron and Nelson Cruz also went deep for Minnesota, which also passed the 1997 Seattle Mariners (264 homers) during the game. The Twins couldn't overcome Detroit's seven-run third inning, but they certainly kept the pressure on with their prodigious power.