Overview
- Minnesota has taken the first three games at Target Field by scores of 7-3, 4-2, and 8-6.
- Right-handers Mick Abel for the Twins and Jack Flaherty for the Tigers are slated to start after brief, bumpy outings to open the season.
- Flaherty has walked four in each of his first two starts and carries a 7.56 ERA, while Abel enters at 0-2 with an 11.05 ERA.
- Detroit arrives on a four-game skid with eight losses in its first 12 games and a 2-7 road mark, which manager A. J. Hinch said does not reflect the club’s standard.
- Local coverage noted Byron Buxton at leadoff, a rest day for Luke Keaschall, and an expected heavier dose of reliever Garrett Acton with bullpens stretched.