Minneapolis — This one meandered a bit, but it ended up where the Tigers needed it to be.

In the win column.

Clutch hits by Trey Sweeney and Jahmai Jones in the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and the Tigers held on for a high-anxiety 8-5 win over the Minnesota Twins Saturday at Target Field.

Clinging to a one-run lead, reliever Will Vest, who stranded the tying run at third base in the seventh, struck out Brooks Lee with the bases loaded to end the eighth. Pivotal.

The Twins gifted the Tigers a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth, which eased the stress on Kyle Finnegan, who earned his fourth save as a Tiger.

Twins reliever Justin Topa threw errantly to first, a three-base error that allowed Zach McKinstry to score from second and Trey Sweeney, who had tapped back to Topa,

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