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Joe Nathan Saves the Day, Holds Tigers Scoreless in Eighth

by Eamonn Brennan
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After Wilkin Ramirez and Ryan Rayburn began the top of the eighth with two walks, Ron Gardenhire did something he probably should have done at the start of the eighth: he brought Joe Nathan in.

Good idea. Nathan held the runners and managed to get the Twins out of the inning with no damage done. Score remains 4-4.

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