It isn't that manager Jim Leyland is losing faith in his closer, right-hander Todd Jones. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga has lost three games in his career with Detroit -- all of them to Minnesota. 

MEDICAL WATCH: SS Edgar Renteria (left hamstring strain) left the July 9 game and didn't play July 10 and July 11. 

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau are two of the marquee names that have contributed to the Minnesota Twins' success this season. 

The Twins hoped they didn't have to use Matt Guerrier and his bullpen mates after a long outing the previous night. 

The Twins hoped they didn't have to use Matt Guerrier and his bullpen mates after a long outing the previous night. 

Injuries can ruin a fantasy season. 

It would be easy to bash Detroit's rookies since one of them, right fielder Matt Joyce, made a costly ninth-inning error in Detroit's 11-inning loss Thursday. 

--RF Matt Joyce hit his second home run in two games, but his muff of a bouncing single to right with a man on and nobody out in the ninth set Minnesota up to tie the score and send the game into extra innings, where the Twins won it. 

MEDICAL WATCH: SS Edgar Renteria (left hamstring strain) left the July 9 game and didn't play July 10. 

Justin Morneau narrowly missed one homer on Thursday afternoon. 

In their first game since being swept by a fellow AL contender, the Minnesota Twins appeared more than ready to put that ugly series behind them. 

Justin Morneau narrowly missed one homer on Thursday afternoon. 

Justin Morneau hit an 11th-inning home run, tying a career-high with his fifth hit, and the Minnesota Twins overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-6 Thursday. 

MEDICAL WATCH: SS Edgar Renteria (left hamstring strain) left the July 9 game and is day-to-day.