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Jonathan Schoop (7), from Detroit tries to avoid contact by Minnesota Twins catcher Gary Sánchez (24) at the plate in the seventh inning of the game.
Jonathan Schoop was converted He became the third player from Curaçao with 1,000 hits in the Major Leagues and stayed. He came within a home run of completing the cycle, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on Monday in the opener of a five-game series.
Schoop, a 30-year-old infielder in his 10th season in the major leagues, homered. He singled in the third inning, doubled in the fifth for his 1,000th hit and tripled in the top of the seventh as part of a 3-for-5 afternoon at bat that raised the bar. his average from .173 to .185.
Schoop joined Andruw Jones (1,933) and Andrelton Simmons (1,163 as of Sunday) as Curacao players with at least 1,000 hits.
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Detroit bounced back He came from a 3-1 deficit and scored. He pitched more than four runs for the first time since May 15.
Puerto Rican right-hander Joe Jiménez (2-0) pitched four runs. 1 1/3 scoreless innings as a reliever on one-hit ball. Dominican left-hander Gregory Soto raffled. Nick Gordon’s ninth-inning single for his ninth save in 10 chances.
Tigers starter Beau Briske went 0-4 in seven major league starts, allowing four runs and six unstoppable in five and two-thirds innings.
For the Tigres, Willi Castro 3-2 with a couple of RBIs, and Javier Báez 5-1. Venezuelan Harold Castro 5-0.
For the Twins, Colombian Gio Urshela 4-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs. The Puerto Rican José Miranda 4-2 with a run scored and two RBIs. Dominicans Gary Sánchez 4-2 with two runs scored and one RBI, and Jorge Polanco 4-1. The Venezuelan Luis Arraez 4-1.