The Tigers made a lot of contact against Twins spot starter Pierson Ohl on Friday. The young right-hander faced 17 batters, with 14 put the ball in play and two reaching by walks. Worse, seven of them scored.

Colt Keith and Gleyber Torres started the night with singles, and an error by second baseman Luke Keaschall — on a potential double-play ball — opened the floodgates early in Detroit’s 7-0 victory in front of 27,282 at Target Field.

The Twins, who managed only two hits against four Tigers pitchers, have lost the first two of this four-game series against the American League Central leaders and five of their past seven overall, falling 14 games behind the Tigers.

Ohl (0-3) was charged with seven runs on eight hits and a pair of walks in 2 1/3 innings, but only three of those runs we

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