Trey Sweeney drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Casey Mize struck out 10 batters, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5.

DETROIT — One year ago, Jake Rogers caught every one of Tarik Skubal’s outings. Skubal won the Cy Young Award and a pitching Triple Crown. He gifted his personal catcher a Rolex as a thank you.

Detroit Tigers left-hander Bailey Horn registered a 3.06 ERA with 18 walks and 44 strikeouts across 35⅓ innings in 26 games for Triple-A Toledo.

The Detroit Tigers clung to a 1-run lead against the Twins in the bottom of the 11th inning, one out away from escape and one pitch away from victory.

McGonigle perhaps has a better chance than Clark to debut, but still a very low percentage. The Tigers seem to believe in Trey Sweeney. There are other infielders, such as Jace Jung and Hao-Yu Lee, in Toledo. McGonigle is an awesome prospect with a hitting profile that should translate well to the major leagues.

Until it wasn’t. Out of nowhere, the Guardians went from a 10-game losing streak to winning 22 of 31. That happened to overlap with the Tigers’ worst stretch of the season -- 11 losses in 12 games and an 11-18 mark since sweeping Cleveland on July 6.

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The Detroit Tigers have been playing some good baseball of late, and decisions at the trade deadline have paid off so far.  In the first half of the season, the