Victor Martinez singled twice and homered, and is hitting .500 over the last two weeks.
Jhonny Peralta pinch-hit a two run homer in the eighth, when the Tigers reclaimed a lead they had given up in the previous half inning.
Brandon Inge, on the tenth pitch he saw in the ninth inning, tripled in Ramon Santiago. Austin ... Jackson then squeezed him in. The two runs broke a 7-7 tie and gave the Tigers their margin of victory.
Who helped the Twins stay close:
Daniel Schlereth gave up a three run homer to Jason Kubel, a left hand hitter he was brought in specifically to retire, in the seventh. A 5-3 lead became a 6-5 deficit.
Brennan Boesch first muffed, then kicked, Matt Tolbert's eighth inning liner. Ben Revere scored all the way from first to tie the score at seven.
Joaquin Benoit -- he of the 6.59 ERA -- gave up three hits and a run but was in the right place at the right time to get the win, in a game with five lead changes.
And let's not overlook Ryan Raburn, the Durward Kirby of major league baseball. In the second inning, he turned a Justin Morneau single into a double by diving for it too soon. Two batters later, Michael Cuddyer's liner clanged off his glove, scoring Morneau. He went 0 for 5 with two strikeouts and stranded two runners in the first.
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the Ryan sleeps tonight.
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