Back to the Detroit Tigers Newsfeed

'Bad morale day': Tigers drop opener 9-3 to division-leading Twins

Detroit – There’s only one thing you can do with something this stinky.

Flush it.

The Central Division-leading Twins battered lefty starter Joey Wentz literally from the first pitch of the game and put the Tigers to rout, 9-3, Monday night at Comerica Park.

"It's a bad morale day from the get-go and you've got to fight through it," manager AJ Hinch said. "We have to get away from this one because it was ugly from the beginning."

Donovan Solano hit Wentz’s first pitch for a double and when the dust settled two batters into the third inning, the Twins had accumulated eight runs and 10 hits, including three doubles and two three-run home runs.