It was the fifth win in seven games for the AL Central Division leaders, and it pushed the fourth-place Twins to 13 games out.

Walks will always haunt in baseball, and they did so once again on Saturday night as they looked to scratch across their first win against

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.

The Tigers left 14 runners on base and still scored eight runs as Casey Mize struck out 10 Twins in an 8-5 win on Saturday.

Charlie Morton gave up two hits and struck out five over six innings and the Detroit Tigers scored five runs in the first inning of a 7-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.

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Trey Sweeney drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Casey Mize struck out 10 batters, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5.

The Twins couldn’t last against Tarik Skubal, who entered Thursday with five runs allowed over his last four starts against the Twins.

Time/Place: 7:15 p.m., Target FieldSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Fox, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (11-4, 3.50 ERA) vs. RHP Zebby Matthews (3-4, 5.11 ERA) Game 125 Lineups TIGERS TWINS Colt Keith – DH Austin Martin – 2B Gleyber Torres – 2B Byron Buxton – CF Kerry Carpenter – RF Kody Clemens