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DETROIT - Eduardo Escobar had a homer, four hits and a career-high six RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins ensured that the AL Central race will come down to the very end with a 12-3 rout of the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. J. D. Martinez Jersey .Detroit entered the night with a one-game lead over second-place Kansas City, but the Tigers fell short of clinching. Minnesota scored six runs in the fifth. Escobar and Eric Fryer both hit two-run singles during that big rally, and Escobar added a three-run homer in the eighth.Rookie Kyle Lobstein (1-2) allowed six runs in 4 2-3 innings for the Tigers.Ricky Nolasco (6-12) allowed two runs and five hits, including a solo homer by Detroits Nick Castellanos in the second.The Tigers have secured a post-season spot, but the division will still be in doubt when they send David Price to the mound Sunday against Minnesota in Game 162.If the Tigers fail to win their fourth straight division title, theyll be able to point to their struggles against the last-place Twins as a major reason. Beginning with a series in late August, Minnesota has scored 85 runs in 10 games against Detroit, winning six of them.Castellanos put the Tigers up 1-0, but Lobstein a€” the left-hander who has given Detroit an unexpected lift down the stretch a€” couldnt hold off the Twins in the fifth. Minnesota hit eight singles that inning.Detroits best chance to come back came in the sixth, when the Tigers loaded the bases with nobody out. J.D. Martinez popped out, and Detroit only scored one run that inning.Tigers left-hander Robbie Ray pitched for the first time in the majors since Sept. 3. Brian Dozier hit Rays first pitch over the fence in left field for his 23rd homer of the year, a solo shot that gave Minnesota a 9-2 lead in the eighth.Ray later allowed the homer to Escobar, who had never driven in more than three runs in a game.Chris Herrmann had three hits for Minnesota.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: Starting C Josmil Pinto was taken out before the bottom of the first with an illness. Fryer replaced him. ... Twins SS Danny Santana was shaken up when Detroit baserunner Andrew Romine slid hard into second to break up a potential double play in the seventh. Santanas right knee collided with Romines head. Both players stayed in the game initially, although both came out amid a number of substitutions after the score got out of hand.Tigers: Detroit OF Rajai Davis left with a sprain around his midsection. He appeared to hurt himself while grounding out in the second.UP NEXTPrice (3-4) will try to deliver a division title for the Tigers, who traded for him just before the deadline in July. Hell face Minnesota RHP Kyle Gibson (13-11). Roger Clemens Jersey . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. Hanley Ramirez Jersey . Espanyol midfielder Sanchez intercepted Bilbao goalkeeper Gorka Iraizozs clearance and, having spotted a gap, risked using his less-favoured left foot to fire a beautifully precise long-range shot that bounced in from high up the near post in the 24th minute. http://www.theredsoxteamshop.com/Red-Sox-Pedro-Martinez-Kids-Jersey/ . The CFL unveiled its 2014 schedule Wednesday and the Redblacks will play their first-ever regular-season game in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers on July 3.ST. LOUIS - Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright insists hes fine physically, though hes failed to make it through the fifth inning in both of his post-season starts.St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak said Sunday that he thinks Wainwrights workload is simply taking a toll. The GM said it might be a good idea in the off-season to figure how to cut down on all those innings.From an aggregate standpoint, theres a lot of volume that hes exposed to, Mozeliak said. My view on this is there may be a little bit of fatigue, plus he had a robust September. He carried us.Counting the post-season, Wainwright has thrown 512 2-3 innings the last two years. Thats by far the most in the majors.Now, any breather he can get, he may benefit from, Mozeliak said.In nine post-season innings, Wainwright has surrendered eight earned runs and 17 hits. He blamed mechanical woes and not a chronic elbow issue after losing Game 1 of the NL Championship Series to San Francisco on Saturday night.A big September may have worn down Wainwright. He was 5-0 while totalling 39 innings, although he was scratched from the regular-season finale after the Cardinals cclinched the NL Central. Luis Tiant Jersey. Wainwright got 10 days rest before starting the NL Division Series opener at Dodger Stadium. He got seven days off before facing the Giants.Wainwright, a 20-game winner for the second time in his career, would be on regular rest for Game 5 Thursday night in San Francisco. Manager Mike Matheny expects Wainwright to take the ball.Matheny said Sunday the pitcher very adamant that this is the best hes felt after a start in a long time, which is great news.Were beyond the Just tell me what I want to hear kind of garbage and this was sincere, Matheny said. I cant wait to watch him pitch again.After Game 1, both Wainwright and Matheny also blamed defensive miscues that greatly contributed to the 3-0 loss. Wainwright said his biggest problem was out-of-whack mechanics.My arm, it doesnt feel great, he said. But it certainly should be a lot better results-wise than that.Michael Wacha would be the most likely Game 5 potential replacement. But last years NLCS MVP has not been used in the post-season after struggling to regain form from a shoulder injury that sidelined him two months. 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