Twins 6, Tigers 3: Joe Jimenez is a hot mess

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY SportsThat Matt Boyd was on the mound was the only reason to feel good about a matchup with the red-hot Twins. After Boyd retired the side in the first, erasing leadoff man Jorge Polanco with his major league leading fourth pickoff of the year, the Tigers got on the board. Christin Stewart singled with one out, and Nick Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera reached via hit-by-pitch and a single, respectively, Brandon Dixon plated Stewart with a sacrifice fly.

In the third, it was Boyd running into a bit of trouble. Byron Buxton singled with one out, and Boyd then balked him to second. Ron Gardenhire was less than pleased with the balk call and got himself tossed by venting his…