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Detroit Tiger Will Rhymes breaks his bat in the fifth inning on Wednesday. The Tigers came up short against the Minnesota Twins, 2-1.

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The bullpen let the Detroit Tigers down for the second consecutive night.

Danny Valencia's 10th-inning single drove in Michael Cuddyer as the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Tigers, 2-1, on Wednesday. The Tigers, now 65-68 and 12 games behind the Central Division-leading Twins, wasted the latest strong game from starting pitcher Max Scherzer.

Scherzer went nine innings, gave up one run and struck out nine. He has a 0.97 earned run average in his last starts. And just three victories.

"It is one of the best outings I've thrown in the big leagues," Scherzer said, "and it doesn't feel right to not get a win."

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