The Minnesota Twins demolished  the Detroit Tigers in every way during their 7-1 victory on Sunday. The Twins won the series, taking three-of-four. 

The Tigers pulled up Shane Greene from the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens to start the game against the Twins. Greene had an outstanding 3-0 start to the season, but fell off losing his next six games. On Sunday, Greene went 4.2 innings pitched, giving up seven runs on seven hits and three walks. 

Greene only struck out two and took the loss. The right-hander is now 4-7 with a terrible 6.32 ERA. 

The good news is that the bullpen shut down the Twins the rest of the way. Ian Krol, Al Alburquerque, Bruce Rondon and Blaine Hardy pitched 3.1 innings combined. The quad of pitchers gave up just two hits and struck out four hitters. 

Miguel Sano got to Greene early. It was a first inning homer to left center, scoring former Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter. Sano is batting .378/.489/.649 with two home runs and eight RBI since being called up from the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. 

"The balls that are getting hit are up in the zone," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said.

Eventually, Sano will come down to earth, but he is a top prospect and will be staying at the big league level. His raw power is elite, which should allow him to hit double-digit home runs in the second half of the season. 

Greene looked alright until he gave up an RBI single to Aaron Hicks, a two-run triple to Danny Santana and a sacrifice fly by Brian Dozier. That gave the Twins four more runs to add onto their two from Sano's homer. 

In the fifth, Trevor Plouffe homered to deep center. It was 400 feet to be exact. The Tigers removed Greene from the game right after the pitch was hit over the fence by Plouffe. 

Detroit only scored one run against Kyle Gibson and the Twins. It was a fielder's choice ground out to shortstop by Marc Krauss, who was added to help with depth at first base. 

"I think that speaks a lot to this team," Gibson added. "We focus on the day that we're in, and we focus on the game that we're playing. And that has a lot to do with our leadership, and I think that's a quality that's really going to help us moving forward."

Gibson pitched outstanding, giving up one run (zero earned) on four hits and two walks. The rigthy struck out six over seven innings pitched. He earned his eighth win and improved his ERA to 2.85. 

"I think he's confident he can do damage control for the most part when guys have good at-bats or he might walk a guy or two," Twins manager Paul Molitor said. "He's just very composed."

Ian Kinsler continued his hot streak, going 3-for-4 in the loss. His slash line jumped to .274/.339/.375 on the season. A few weeks ago, his batting average sat around .250. 

"Right now it's a good break, I guess, at the right time," Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez said.