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Brooks Lee's first career grand slam capped a six-run third inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 to avoid a four-game series sweep.

The Tigers have a chance to clinch the four-game series thanks to a variety of victories thus far against the Twins. After squeaking out a win in extra innings on Thursday night and a convincing 7-0 victory on Friday, Detroit managed to show some perseverance in a primetime clash on Saturday night.

Right-handed reliever Brenan Hanifee has returned to the Detroit Tigers, immediately following the minimum 15-day stay in Triple-A Toledo.

It’s going to be so awkward in that boat the next time Chris Paddack and Brooks Lee go fishing. That’s because Lee turned on a letter-high fastball from his greater Minnesota fishing buddy Sunday and drove it into the right-field seats,

Before action started this afternoon, the Minnesota Twins inducted Corey Koskie into their Hall of Fame. Introduced by Michael Cuddyer and speaking in front of Twins legends and friends, Koskie showed the humble-but-proud nature that made him such a fan favorite in the early 2000s.

The last time the Tigers swept a four-game series from the Twins on the road, they were the Washington Senators playing at Griffith Stadium. Dizzy Trout and Virgil Trucks pitched complete-game victories in a getaway-day doubleheader to finish the sweep on June 13,

Brooks Lee's first career grand slam capped the Twins' sixth-run third inning as the Tigers fell in the finale of their road trip.

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