The Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers played an afternoon yesterday game at Target Field. Based on the pictures of the crowd, I'm guessing you had no idea.
Some of you might of heard of the "Rally Monkey" that helped the LA Angels win a World Series title but now there apparently is a "Rally Squirrel" and its helping the Detroit Tigers.
Miguel Cabrera homered twice and drove in five runs, and Anibal Sanchez pitched eight sharp innings to lift the Tigers to a 13-1 victory over the Twins.
David Price pitched Detroit to its fourth straight AL Central title with the type of performance the Tigers acquired him for, taking a shutout into the eighth inning of a 3-0 victory over Minnesota on Sunday that wrapped up the division on the regular season's final day.
Eduardo Escobar had a homer, four hits and a career-high six RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins ensured that the AL Central race will come down to the very end with a 12-3 rout of the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.
Rick Porcello allowed six runs in less than four innings, and the Detroit Tigers lost 11-4 to the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The Tigers could have clinched the AL Central with a victory and a Kansas City loss, but neither of those things happened, and now Detroit leads the Royals by only one game with two to play.
Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez homered, Max Scherzer made it through six tough innings and the Detroit Tigers moved closer to another AL Central title with a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.