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MINNEAPOLIS, May 11 (UPI) -- Brandon Inge smacked a go-ahead RBI triple for Detroit in the ninth inning Wednesday and the Tigers went on to a 9-7 win over Minnesota.
With the score tied 7-7 entering their final at-bat, the Tigers scored twice against Twins closer Matt Capps (1-2) to emerge with the win and sweep a two-game series at Target Field.
Ramon Santiago collected a one-out single and Inge followed by blasting a pitch to the base of the right-center field wall that eluded Denard Span, chasing Santiago home with the go-ahead run.
Inge then came in to score on a perfectly executed squeeze bunt laid down by Austin Jackson. Jose Valverde closed the door in the bottom of the ninth for his eighth save.
Joaquin Benoit (1-2) was credited with the win despite allowing a score-tying RBI double to Matt Tolbert in the bottom of the eighth.
Jhonny Peralta belted a two-run homer off Capps in the top of the frame, giving Detroit a brief 7-6 lead, and Victor Martinez went 3-for-4 with three RBI and solo shot for the Tigers.
Jason Kubel smacked a three-run homer for the major league-worst Twins, who fell to 12-23 on the season.
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DETROIT, June 3 (UPI) --
Phil Hughes logged his second career complete game Sunday, holding Detroit to one run in the New York Yankees' 5-1 victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
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The Internet could someday look very different and be less open and free if a proposal for the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the United Nations, to take over management of the Internet comes to pass, critics of the proposal say.
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UPI Almanac for Monday, June 4, 2012.
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