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2 HRs off Twins' pen in 8th lift Tigers (AP)

 
Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez each hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers battered Minnesota's struggling bullpen to rally for a 6-4 win over the Twins on Saturday. After relievers took six of the nine losses on their 14-game road trip that mercifully ended this week, the Twins watched yet another late lead vanish when manager Ron Gardenhire walked to the mound to... (link)

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