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Peralta, Scherzer lift Tigers over Twins, 8-2
Posted: 07.22.2011 at 11:41 PM
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      MINNEAPOLIS  - Jhonny Peralta finished a triple short of the
cycle and had four RBIs to lift Detroit to an 8-2 victory over the
Minnesota Twins on Friday night, the Tigers' 11th straight win over
their AL Central rivals.
      Max Scherzer (11-5) gave up one run and four hits in seven
innings and Ryan Raburn also homered for the Tigers, who picked up
a game on second-place Cleveland and pushed the Twins seven games
back in the division.
      Brian Duensing (7-8) was rocked for seven runs and nine hits in
4 2-3 innings for the Twins, who have dropped the first two games
in the series with the division leaders.
      Jim Thome had two hits and an RBI for Minnesota.
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