Twins Continue Mastery Over Tigers in 14-0 Rout

There’s something about the Detroit Tigers that brings out the beast in the Minnesota Twins.

The Twins got 19 hits and beat the Tigers, 14-0, Tuesday. It was Minnesota’s 12th straight win over Detroit and the Tigers’ worst shutout loss since a 14-0 setback to Boston in 1973.

Leading 6-0, Minnesota scored eight times in the eighth inning, when it sent 11 batters to the plate. The big blow was a one-out grand slam by pinch-hitter Carmen Castillo that made it 12-0.

“There’s no secret,” Twins manager Tom Kelly said about his club’s mastery of Detroit.

“Last year is over with and we reminded the players of that. This is a new year. A couple of hits either way at the start of the game and it might have been a different story.”

Allan Anderson, 2-0, went the first seven innings for his fourth straight victory over Detroit. He allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out one.

Jack Morris, 0-2, allowed eight hits and four walks before leaving with two outs and the bases loaded in the fourth.

“Every day you come to park you think you’re going to win,” Tigers manager Sparky Anderson said. “But they have beaten us 12 straight and rather easily. That’s a great team. They can play baseball and they enjoy playing. I enjoy watching them play.”

Anderson, the manager, was impressed with Anderson, the pitcher of the Twins.

“He’s so easy,” Sparky said. “You watch him and he keeps the ball off the middle of the plate. And once he gets two strikes on you, you’re done. You don’t lead the American League in earned-run average--especially in that ballpark they play in--if you’re not able to pitch.”

Allan Anderson gave up two hits in each of the first two innings, but allowed only three singles the rest of the way. Detroit didn’t have an extra-base hit and Ken Williams was the only Tiger with two singles.

“Early in the game, I wasn’t aggressive,” Allan Anderson said. “They got quite a few hits on my changeup and off-speed pitch. I went back to being aggressive and showing them my fastball and from then on, I let them know I was coming at them.”