Sunday, March 4, 2012

Duensing's bad inning leads to another Twins loss

DETROIT (AP) — Long after the game, Brian Duensing still wasn't sure what happened in the fifth inning.

The Minnesota Twins' starter had shut out the Detroit Tigers over the first four frames, but gave up six runs in the fifth.

"I don't know what went wrong," Duensing said after Detroit's 8-7 victory Tuesday night. "I threw a couple pitches and didn't get rewarded, and they started finding holes and then it all started to snowball."

Trailing 3-0, the Tigers sent 10 batters to the plate in the fifth. Brandon Inge and Raburn started the rally with singles, and Austin Jackson added an RBI single one out later.

"I had been getting a lot of first-pitch strikes, and they …

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