Twins’ Kenta Maeda takes loss despite solid start against Tigers

Kenta Maeda tossed six innings of three-hit, one-run ball however was charged with the loss after the Minnesota Twins offense got here up brief in a 3-0 choice towards the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.

Coming off his third win in one other high quality begin Saturday towards the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Japanese right-hander was tagged solely by a Riley Greene solo homer within the sixth inning at Detroit’s Comerica Park. He struck out 4 and gave up one stroll.

Maeda (3-7) traded scoreless innings with Detroit starter Reese Olson (2-5) till Greene homered to right-center off a 1-2 slider with two outs within the backside of the sixth.

The Twins have a 3½-game lead on prime of the American League Central division after shedding the final three of their four-game street collection towards the Tigers.

At Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, Atlanta Braves infielder Matt Olson hit his fortieth dwelling run of the season to tie Los Angeles Angels two-way famous person Shohei Ohtani for the lead in MLB dwelling run race.