Brooks Lee turned on a fastball from fishing buddy Chris Paddack on Sunday and drove it into the right-field seats as the Twins avoided a sweep.

The Tigers have a chance to clinch the four-game series thanks to a variety of victories thus far against the Twins. After squeaking out a win in extra innings on Thursday night and a convincing 7-0 victory on Friday, Detroit managed to show some perseverance in a primetime clash on Saturday night.

Brooks Lee’s first career grand slam capped a six-run third inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 to avoid a four-game series sweep.

The Chicago White Sox have lost six of seven and 13 of 16 since surging to begin the second half of the season. On Friday, they will aim to turn their fortunes as they open a 10-game homestand with the start of a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins.

Chris Paddack, facing the team he was just traded from, gave up three home runs in the loss to the Minnesota Twins.

With the Tigers being 60-0 when leading after the eighth inning in 2025, things looked dire for the home team. By the time Justin Topa yeeted a ball off of the netting behind first base allowing a runner from second to score and the batter to reach third base, 61-0 was inevitable. The only question was how bad could it get, and the answer was 8-5.

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.

Detroit Tigers trade deadline pickup Chris Paddack was "destroyed" by the Minnesota Twins despite weak contact from the Twins hitters.

The Twins (57-63) open a seven-game homestand by finishing their season series with the Tigers. They are coming off a 4-1 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday. The Yankees had won the first two games of the three-game series, outscoring the Twins 15-3.

Twins ace RHP Joe Ryan (10-5, 2.83) is scheduled to start against the Kansas City Royals, while Tigers All-Star LHP Tarik Skubal (11-3, 2.18) will face the Los Angeles Angels.

The Detroit Tigers took on the Minnesota Twins in the Twin Cities on Thursday night in an AL Central battle for positioning in the standings. The Tigers' Riley Greene once again manned his left field post,