The Twins solved Tarik Skubal on Thursday, but only briefly. And it wasn’t nearly enough.

The Twins got to Skubal, the ace left-hander who entered Thursday’s game a top candidate for the American League Cy Young Award and AL-leading 2.35 earned-run average, for three runs and a 3-0 lead in the third inning. But the Tigers rallied against Bailey Ober won it, 4-3, in the 11th on Gleyber Torres’ sacrifice fly off Erasmo Ramirez.

It was the fifth win in seven games for the AL Central leaders, and pushed to fourth-place Twins to 13 games out. The Twins went down in order in their half of the 11th against Rafael Monterro. Ryan Jeffers was called out on a check swing to start the inning, and manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected, his 18th as the Twins’ skipper, after coming out to argue the call.

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