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MINNEAPOLIS – It was a debut night for the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night, and the results were convincing.

Left-handed Gregory Soto, who made his Major League debut, is the year's pitcher in the minor league organization in 2017. He was pounded in four innings, giving up seven runs on nine hits .

Against Soto, the Twins scored twice in the first and second runs before he appeared to settle in third. Then came the fourth and, with his night turning, he was officially sealed when C. J. Cron scored him for a three-run homer.

The Tigers lost 8 to 3, breaking the double-day program at Target Field.

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Rookie Nick Ramirez followed suit, also making his Major League debut. Ramirez, 29, gave up one run on six hits, but gave the Tigers a useful run, throwing the last four innings.

Offensively, the Tigers could not keep their powerful performance of the first match. Jeimer Candelario scored two home goals in the second inning and Brandon Dixon hit a singles with a run in the third inning, allowing them to score a goal, but they would not score.

Dixon replaced Miguel Cabrera as the designated hitter. Cabrera was expelled from the match in the first inning, possibly for bats and canoe strikes.

Here are three observations on the loss of the Tigers against Minnesota:

Welcome to the big leagues, kid

Whether it was the nerves or not – and there were a lot of nerves going through Soto's body – he just did not have the material to get the Twins out. They were everywhere on him, hitting rockets around the field, and it was not easy: Soto allowed 11 base players. He walked two batters and pulled one out. Ramirez, meanwhile, was hanging over there. He showed a positive change, but gave the Tigers the sleeve they needed, so avoid using more relief.

Nick Castellanos's bat

Castellanos is again throwing the ball around the field with some good swings in it. He went 2-for-3, raising his average at the start of the season to .266. His most notable game was in the fifth inning, while the Tigers missed one point. When he hit a shot in the left corner of the pitch, he noticed that Minnesota's left-field player, Eddie Rosario, was lolating the ball, and rose to third with a triple.

Cabrera ejection

Cabrera was launched at the beginning of the first round by the marble umpire, Chad Whitson. Although there was no official announcement, the logical explanation for Cabrera's ejection was the fight between bullets and canoe strikes. Cabrera went 0-for-1. Gardenhire avoided the same fate; Hunter Wendelstedt expelled him in the first match.