BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Brooks Lee’s two-run single in the eighth inning broke a tie and propelled the Minnesota Twins to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon at Target Field.

The game was deadlocked 1-1 after Detroit scored in the top of the seventh on Gleyber Torres’ sacrifice fly. Minnesota had taken an early lead on Josh Bell’s solo home run in the fourth.

Lee’s clutch hit off reliever Will Vest scored Matt Wallner and Victor Caratini. Garrett Acton earned the win in relief for the Twins, while Vest took the loss. Eric Orze secured the save.

The Twins, who had nine hits, improved to 7-6. The Tigers managed only five hits and fell to 4-9. Attendance was 19,054.