Colt Keith homers as young Tigers lineup beats struggling Twins, 7-2

Colt Keith homered and the Detroit Tigers ended a seven-series losing streak with a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon.

The Tigers hadn’t won a series since taking two of three from the Cleveland Guardians Aug. 11-13. They had lost 16 of their last 24 games before Wednesday’s win.

The Twins have lost 12 of 18.

Tyler Holton (2-5) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Starter Keider Montero left after allowing two runs in four innings.

Zebby Matthews (9-10) took the loss, giving up five runs in 2 1/3 innings.

Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Hao Yu-Lee walked and scored on Keith’s 10th homer of the season.

The Tigers loaded the bases with no outs in the third on a double and two walks. Matthews struck out Keith, but walked Riley Greene to make it 3-0. Travis Adams came out of the bullpen and allowed a sacrifice fly to Dillon Di...