Baseball's a strange game. Every day you see something new, like Tuesday night in Minnesota when Eric Haase of the Tigers and Mitch Garver of the Twins became the first pair of opposing catchers in MLB history to hit grand slams in the same game. Garver's staked the Twins to a 4-0 lead in the first; Haase's tied the game in the ninth and sparked the Tigers to a 6-5 win.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Tigers and Twins rewrote history again. The final score -- 17-14 in favor of Detroit -- looked more like a game between the Lions and the Vikings. The Twins rallied from deficits of 10-0 and 13-6 to make it a one-run game in the ninth before the visitors finally salted things away. Asked afterward if he'd ever been part of a game like that, A.J. Hinch laughed and said "Probably, but they're never fun until the end."
The correct answer would have been no. No one in MLB history has been part of a game like that. On the same day the Twins became the first team ever to hit seven homers and lose, the Tigers became the first team ever to be out-homered by seven and win, according to ESPN Stats & Info. Baseball, it's a strange game.
"An ugly win is better than any loss," said Hinch. "Obviously a long day, but a productive day. We needed every ounce of effort from our guys."
