Jack Flaherty spun a really good game, and the Tigers bats continued to heat up on a chilly night in the Twin Cities. However, the defense continued to leak runs like a sieve, and the Tigers needed ninth inning heroics from Wenceel Perez to earn a 5-4 victory on Friday night.
Both offenses came out hot in this one. Mark Canha led off in this one with Riley Greene getting the day off, and he grounded out. Wenceel Perez struck out, but a two-out double that was scorched to right field off the bat of Kerry Carpenter set the Tigers up.