The Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight game, beating the Minnesota Twins, 8-5, to take the 4-game series.

Right-hander Casey Mize struck out 10 in giving up four runs over 6 1/3 innings for the Tigers.

Kerry Carpenter homered and Trey Sweeney went 2-for-5 with three runs scored for Detroit.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Detroit Tigers let the Minnesota Twins hang around for too long.

Blame the lack of timely hitting for that.

Eventually, the Tigers capitalized on all their baserunners by scoring three runs in the seventh inning, propelling them to an 8-5 win over the Twins on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the third of four games in the series at Target Field. The offense finished 4-for-21 with runners in scoring position.

The Tigers (73-52) have won their fourth game in a row — and they've won

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