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Sunday, May 7 2:05pm ET
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Kelly wasn't in the mood to do much reflecting after he became the 46th manager to win 1,000 games. "I wish I could be a little bit more excited about it, but I'm not. I'm happy this is over with. Hopefully I won't have to hear about it anymore," Kelly said after the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0 Sunday.
Kelly seemed more interested in talking about Joe Mays, who pitched a five-hit shutout to beat Detroit, but Kelly acknowledged that the feat secured him a spot in the record books. "When I look back on it, it will mean more, but right now, we need to focus on trying to do a better job to try and make it more entertaining for the people in the Upper Midwest," he said. After the game, the stoic Kelly walked out of the dugout clutching the lineup card and shook hands with his players. "He's not a big rah-rah, flamboyant guy, but I know in his own way he's happy, as we are for him," Minnesota's Ron Coomer said. Kelly said he would celebrate by playing nine holes of golf Sunday afternoon with his wife, Sharon. Detroit manager Phil Garner praised Kelly, but was more focused on his team's dreary offense. "I'm happy for him, but I'm disappointed we had to give it to him," Garner said. "One thousand is a lot of wins. For us right now, one seems like a lot." Mays (1-4) kept the Tigers guessing all game and got stronger as the game went on, retiring 19 of the final 21 batters. "Everything he throws moves," said Dean Palmer, who was 1-for-4. "Today he had good movement on his fastball and he got his curveball over, too. Once he got in the later innings, I think he smelled that win." The Tigers loaded the bases in the third when Deivi Cruz singled and Mays walked Brad Ausmus and Juan Encarnacion. But Juan Gonzalez flied out to left to end the inning. "Today was probably the best I felt all year," Mays said. "I felt real loose, had a good sink on the sinker and had quite a good cutter today." It was the second career shutout for Mays, whose first was against the Cubs at Wrigley Field last July 17. Encarnacion went 1-for-3 with a walk, extending his 18-game hitting streak with a ninth-inning triple. The Twins scored three runs in the first off Mark Johnson (0-1), who had trouble finding the plate in his second major league start. He gave up four runs on four hits and six walks in 3 1/3 innings. Jacque Jones hit a two-run single to score Jay Canizaro and Corey Koskie and put the Twins up 3-0. The Twins added another run in the fourth when Cristian Guzman hit his league-leading seventh triple and scored on a single by Matt Lawton. The Tigers' Willie Blair pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings of relief.
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