The Tigers continued their Midwest tour tonight, opening a four-game series against the Twins in Minneapolis. Actually, this seems like a good debate to bring to the comments: what do we consider to be “the Midwest”? Because Minnesota is actually about as North as you can get without coming to hang out with me in Canada. However, technically speaking, both Minnesota and Illinois are “the Midwest.” What a strange and delightful thing regional nicknames are. Anyway, geography side-topic aside, the Tigers had their undisputed ace Tarik Skubal on the mound, up against Bailey Ober for the Twins, and if I were writing the Twins recap, I would absolutely be making an Ober/Under pun in the title of that recap.
The Tigers went 1-2-3 in the top of the first. In the home half, the Twins got a two-ou