Cabrera hit a walk-off, two-run homer Wednesday, leading the Tigers (46-44) to an 8-6 win and a two-game sweep of Cleveland. He was coming off a two-homer game the night before and is batting .478 (11-for-23) with five home runs over his last five games.

"He threw me a fastball, and I put a big swing on it," Cabrera said of Wednesday's shot. "Good things are happening right now, and it went out."

In his first 10 games against the Twins (50-41) this season, Cabrera hit just .212 (7-for-33) with one homer. The Tigers have dropped seven of their last nine against Minnesota, but thanks in large part to Cabrera, enter this series on a three-game overall winning streak.

They rallied from a 6-0, sixth-inning deficit to win on Wednesday.

The Twins, meanwhile, are reeling after being swept in three games by Boston, including an 18-5 rout on Wednesday. Minnesota allowed seven runs in the seventh inning, all after a triple play call was reversed.

Denard Span initially appeared to catch a line drive in center field and then pick Sean Casey off second base, with Alexei Casilla throwing to third to pick off Mike Lowell. However, umpires ultimately ruled that Span did not make the catch.

"It's Fenway at its best. You make mistakes here, they make you pay for it," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, whose team had won 16 of 18 heading into the series with the Red Sox. "It was a good game for a while. Got out of hand."

Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel homered for Minnesota, which now hands the ball to starter Kevin Slowey (6-6, 3.78 ERA), who is 4-0 with a 2.06 ERA over his last five starts.

The right-hander extended his scoreless streak to 17 innings before yielding five runs in the second inning on Saturday. However, he settled down and didn't allow any more scoring, going six innings en route to a 9-6 win over Cleveland.

Slowey has won both of his previous starts against the Tigers. He threw six scoreless innings in a 9-4 win at Detroit on May 23.

Detroit starter Kenny Rogers (6-6, 4.60) has lost two of his last three starts after going undefeated in his previous six outings. The 43-year-old left-hander gave up four runs in 7 2-3 innings of Friday's 4-1 loss in Seattle.

Rogers pitched for Minnesota in 2003, going 13-8 with a 4.57 ERA in 33 appearances, including 31 starts.

He is 15-9 with a 2.98 ERA - his lowest against any AL club - in 50 outings, including 29 starts, against the Twins. He is also 4-0 in seven starts against the Twins since the start of the 2005 season, but yielded five runs in 6 2-3 innings without getting a decision in Detroit's 7-6 loss at Minnesota on May 4.