DETROIT -- The Comerica Park horde of 24.

DETROIT -- The Comerica Park horde of 24,323 stood and applauded as the victors left A resounding sweep of the Minnesota Twins -- 9-0 18-1 and, finally, 6-0 in succession Sunday -- was in the main division s The Detroit Tigers exchanged handshakes after their fifth shutout, a association record for April, and disappeared into the clubhouse.

securely the merriment would start quick Music. Laughter. The works. Instead, visitors were saluteed with a sound perhaps more shocking than the weekend-long backside thwack given to the Twins.

Silence.

If you listened carefully, you heard the distinctive call of a confident team, single in kind whose 16-9 record represents its mostly wins in April since 18-2 in 1984

"I want to draw near in and act like we were suppos to win," said Vance Wilson, who went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and caught Kenny Rogers' eight innings to become undivided of the day's foremost