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Sunday's Twins-Detroit game recap

A quick look at Sunday's game.

By Phil Miller

July 18, 2021 at 9:53PM
Detroit Tigers' Jeimer Candelario celebrates his two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins that also scored Jonathan Schoop, left, during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Detroit’s Jeimer Candelario celebrated his two-run homer off the Twins’ J.A. Happ on Sunday. (Duane Burleson, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER

Jeimer Candelario, Detroit

A two-out double scored a run, a two-run homer capped the victory, and he even started a couple of double plays, too.

BY THE NUMBERS

4 Runs scored by the Twins in the three-game series in Detroit, all of them in Saturday's second game.

8 Runs driven in this weekend by a trio of former Twins in the Tigers lineup.

17 Deficit, in games behind, by the Twins in the AL Central, their biggest of the season and largest since 2017.

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Phil Miller

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Phil Miller has covered the Twins for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2013. Previously, he covered the University of Minnesota football team, and from 2007-09, he covered the Twins for the Pioneer Press.

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