including a disappointing 2012 visit where he lost both first and se

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Detroit Tigers will go for the three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins when the teams play at Target Field on Thursday afternoon.Detroit owns a 9-2 record against Minnesota this season and has won three-straight games overall. The Twins, after a solid stretch of play in July and into early August have lost their last six dating back to last Thursday against Kansas City.The Tigers have gotten plenty of offense in the series thus far, scoring eight runs in the opener on Tuesday before posting nine runs in Wednesdays 9-4 victory.All nine runs came with two outs, something that has been a bugaboo of the Twins virtually all season. The 287 runs allowed by Minnesota with two outs are by far the most in baseball, more than 20 ahead of Arizona, which is second.Its kind of painful, said Twins manager Paul Molitor. A lot of opportunities to try and get off the field and it just wasnt happening.The main culprits on Wednesday were Tigers sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Justin Upton. Cabrera finished with four hits, including his team-leading 28th home run, and finished a triple short of the cycle.Upton has been red hot since returning to the lineup, posting his fourth-straight two hit effort. He also homered, marking the third time in four games that he has hit a three-run blast.He lengthens the lineup and hes got power as we saw tonight. He can hit the ball as far as anyone in the lineup, said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus. We just want to keep him rolling.Upton, in his first regular appearances against American League pitching, has found things to be challenging in his first year in Detroit. That hasnt applied to Twins hurlers or at Target Field, where Upton has 11 hits in 21 at-bats in four games at the park.After a recent 1-for-31 stretch at the plate, Ausmus gave Upton a few days on the bench to help clear his head. So far, the results are encouraging.Sometimes thats needed, Upton said. A little break, but Im back at it now. My timing is better. And Im seeing some pitches.Thursdays game will feature a pair of young pitchers, with Detroit sending left-hander Daniel Norris to the bump against Twins righty Jose Berrios.Norris will be making his eighth start in the Majors this season; in none of the previous seven has he allowed more than three runs. Despite that, Norris hasnt lasted more than 5 1/3 innings in any start and hasnt earned a victory since June 29. Thursdays start will mark the second against the Twins in Norris career; he allowed one run on one hit in 3 2/3 innings last season.Berrios, arguably the top player in the Twins farm system, has found the adjustment to the Majors rough during his rookie season. Hes been blasted in each of his last three outings. In four starts since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester earlier this month, opponents are hitting .329 off Berrios who has a 1-2 record and a 8.47 ERA.The right-hander will be looking to bounce back from his shortest outing of the season so far against Detroit on May 16, when he allowed seven runs on three hits and four walks in just two-thirds of an inning at Comerica Park. Adidas Gazelle Damen Günstig . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. Adidas Nmd Günstig Kaufen" . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. http://www.nmdschuhesale.de/nmd-r2-schuhe-deutschland.html . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. Adidas Nmd Deutschland . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Adidas Nmd Grosshandel Deutschland . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). Australian Matt Wilkinson will need to overcome an horrific record at the Tahiti Pro to maintain his control of the World Surf League.Wilkinson has reached the quarter-finals just once in six visits to the island and will be aiming to reach at least the final eight for the first time since 2011 when the pro tour reaches Teahupoo on Friday (Saturday AEST).He currently holds a steady 3,350-point lead over his nearest rival, however that could quickly come undone if he falls early at the tournament.The 27-year-old has failed to make it past the third round in the past four years, including a disappointing 2012 visit where he lost both first and second-round heats to bow out in straight sets.However Wilkinson is a different customer so far this season after six of the 11 rounds.He won the opening two events in Australia and reached the final of the Fiji Pro in June to claim more than $280,000 in prize money.That should eensure him an easier passage through the opening rounds, where he will meet fellow Australian Stuart Kennedy and a qualifier in his first heat.ddddddddddddennedy and Wilkinson are two of 12 Australians competing at the event, which is notably without 2014 winner Mick Fanning after his success at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa last month.Fanning jumped to fifth in the rankings after that win but will likely tumble down the list as he once again begins to skip events through his personal year.The only other Australian to taste success in recent years in Tahiti, Adrian Buchan, will line up alongside countryman Joel Parkinson in their first-round heat.Australias only other title contender, Julian Wilson, will face Frances Jeremy Flores and Nat Young of the United States in his first-round heat. ' ' '