DETROIT (AP) – Shane Halter hit a two-out, solo home run in the 11th inning and the Detroit Tigers beat Minnesota 5-4 Thursday night to give their much-maligned team a better chance to avoid making history.

With their third straight win, the Tigers would have to lose their final three games of the season to break the post-1900 record of 120 defeats by the 1962 New York Mets.

Detroit (41-118) set the AL record for losses on Monday night with its 10th consecutive setback. Since then, the Tigers have not lost.

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