MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Delmon Young singled home Joe Mauer with the go-ahead run during a seventh-inning rally Tuesday and the Minnesota Twins edged Detroit 4-3.
Trailing 3-2 entering the seventh, the Twins began their comeback when Phil Coke (7-4) walked J.J. Hardy and hit both Mauer and Jason Kubel with pitches to load the bases with two outs.
Ryan Perry came in to pitch and issued a walk to Michael Cuddyer, forcing in the tying run, and Young followed with a bloop to left, chasing home Mauer and helping the Twins to post their 12th win in 14 home games.
Minnesota, which maintained a four-game lead over the second-place Chicago White Sox in the American League Central, got sixth-inning RBI from Cuddyer and Danny Valencia to cut their deficit to 3-2.
Matt Guerrier (3-7) picked up the win after inducing Brandon Inge to fly out, ending a seventh-inning jam inherited from starter Brian Duensing.
Matt Capps collected his seventh save for the Twins with a scoreless ninth.
