Twins, Baker Beat Tigers 4-1

The Twins defeated the Tigers 4-1 Saturday afternoon after losing the first 7 meetings with Detroit this season.  Scott Baker came off the disabled list and threw 5 shutout innings with 3 hits allowed and 5 strikeouts.  The bullpen threw 4 innings with 1 earned run allowed to close the game.  Joe Nathan threw a scoreless 9th inning to grab his 7th save.  Danny Valencia hit a solo homerun, Michael Cuddyer had a RBI single and Delmon Young contributed a 2-run double.

The Twins improve to 47-53 and are 6 games back of Detroit for first place in the American League Central.  The Twins host the Tigers again today at 3:10, pregame on WJON at 2:35.