Trey Sweeney drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Casey Mize struck out 10 batters, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5.

DETROIT -- The battle of aces is Tuesday night at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers (74-53) and Houston Astros (69-56) play at 6:40 p.m. at Comerica Park. Tigers ace lefty Tarik Skubal (11-3, 2.42 ERA) will face right-hander Hunter Brown (10-5, 2.45).

The Tigers left 14 runners on base and still scored eight runs as Casey Mize struck out 10 Twins in an 8-5 win on Saturday.

Brooks Lee’s first career grand slam capped a six-run third inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 to avoid a four-game series sweep.

Chris Paddack was shelled for six runs in the third inning, including a grand slam, as the Minnesota Twins avoided a four-game sweep with an 8-1 win Sunday afternoon at Target Field. The Tigers (73-53) still took three of four from the Twins (58-66) and went 5-2 on their seven-game trip, but they head home on a sour note.

The Tigers now take on a Minnesota Twins team that were MLB's biggest sellers at the trade deadline, sending away many of their top players including shortstop Carlos Correa and closer Jhoan Durán (who saved two games against the Tigers over the weekend as the new Phillies closer).

Luke Keaschall hit his first homer in the majors and Trevor Larnach also cleared the fences against former teammate Chris Paddack, helping the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 6-3 Tuesday night.

The writing was already on the wall when Minnesota traded 10 core players at the July 31 trade deadline, but there was still a glimmer of hope when the Twins woke up Monday morning in New York with a chance to chase down the Yankees for the third and final wild-card spot in the American League playoff race.

Brooks Lee blasted a grand slam in a six-run third inning and Byron Buxton added a solo homer Sunday afternoon to help Minnesota beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 and snap the host Twins' three-game losing streak.

Brooks Lee turned on a fastball from fishing buddy Chris Paddack on Sunday and drove it into the right-field seats as the Twins avoided a sweep.

The Tigers have a chance to clinch the four-game series thanks to a variety of victories thus far against the Twins. After squeaking out a win in extra innings on Thursday night and a convincing 7-0 victory on Friday, Detroit managed to show some perseverance in a primetime clash on Saturday night.