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Monday, Apr. 9 8:05pm ET
Minnesota 11, Detroit 5
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Cristian Guzman homered and doubled, leading Brad Radke and the Minnesota Twins over the Detroit Tigers 11-5 Monday night in their home opener.

The game drew 46,103 fans, the Twins' largest crowd for an opener at the Metrodome since 1993.

Minnesota took advantage of errors by shortstop Deivi Cruz and third baseman Shane Halter to score seven unearned runs.

Guzman hit a two-run double and Denny Hocking had a two-run single to highlight a six-run third inning. Four of the runs were unearned because of Cruz's misplay.

After a shaky start, Radke (2-0) gave up three runs in 7 1-3 innings.

Hocking, playing center field for the injured Torii Hunter, robbed Damion Easley of a home run on Radke's first pitch. Rob Fick hit a homer to right on Radke's seventh pitch.

Radke allowed six singles and a triple the rest of the way. He has given up four earned runs over 15 1-3 innings.

Guzman's double off Steve Sparks (0-1) drove in Doug Mientkiewicz and A.J. Pierzynski in the third. Later in the inning, Hocking's bases-loaded single down the right-field line scored Matt Lawton and Corey Koskie.

Sparks also gave up solo homers to Mientkiewicz in the fourth and Guzman in the sixth.

Billy McMillon hit a two-run homer for the Tigers in the eighth. The Twins scored three times in the bottom half after Halter's error.

Notes: Recently elected Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett was honored by the Twins before the game. ... In the fifth, Javier Cardona was thrown out at the plate by Twins left fielder Jacque Jones. ... Tigers reliever Victor Santos made his major league debut in the sixth.

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Toronto 8
Tampa Bay 1

Chi. White Sox 9
Cleveland 2

NY Yankees 13
Kansas City 4

Minnesota 11
Detroit 5

NY Mets 9
Atlanta 4

Cincinnati 8
Pittsburgh 2

St. Louis 3
Colorado 2

Montreal 7
Chicago Cubs 5

Philadelphia 5
Florida 4





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