Luke Hughes hit two home runs and Jason Kubel added a third, and the Minnesota Twins broke out of their weeklong hitting funk with an 11-4 victory Sunday against the visiting Detroit Tigers.
Hughes drove in five runs for the first time in his career to help the Twins end a seven-game losing streak. They had scored only nine runs in their previous seven games before breaking out.
Brad Penny was roughed up for seven runs, eight hits and two walks in five innings as the American League Central-leading Tigers fell to 52-52 when 20-game winner Justin Verlander doesn't start. They are 21-8 when he does.
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