DETROIT (AP) Joe Mauer is becoming quite the spoiler.

For the third time in his career, Mauer broke up a no-hitter in the ninth inning, lining a clean single off Detroit's Anibal Sanchez on Friday night. That was the only hit for Minnesota, and the Twins lost 6-0 to the Tigers.

"He's nasty, and he had everything working tonight," Mauer said. "Obviously, you know exactly what is happening, and you don't want to get no-hit. I'm just up there trying to put the bat on the ball. He threw me a really good cutter and I was just able to square it up."