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 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Carlos Silva pitched a complete game, working around nine hits and spurring the Minnesota Twins out of their slump with a 6-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
The Twins took advantage of Jason Johnson's bases-loaded wild pitch — and mental mistake — in the first inning, and went on to end a four-game losing streak. Matthew LeCroy homered and drove in three runs as Minnesota won for only the fourth time in its last 13 games.
Chris Shelton had three hits, including a home run, for the Tigers. Detroit had won four straight and seven of its last eight and was creeping closer to the second-place Twins in the AL Central — which began the day as the only division in baseball with four teams above .500.
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