DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers are winning every game they play right now.

On Saturday, they did it in dramatic fashion.

Brandon Inge hit a home run to left field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday as the Tigers pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

It was the third home run of the season for Inge, but the second time he has hit a walkoff home run.

The Tigers extended their winning streak to eight games -- all against Central Division opponents -- and have won 18 of their past 22 games.

With the victory, the magic number for the Tigers to win their first division title since 1987 fell to nine. The Tigers control their own destiny and can clinch the division by winning nine of their final 17 games even if the Chicago White Sox or Cleveland Indians were to go undefeated the rest of the way.

Both Max Scherzer and Twins starter Anthony Swarzak pitched well enough to win, but both of them left with the score tied so neither figured into the decision.

Swarzak retired the first seven Tigers he faced in order before Wilson Betemit hit a solo home run with one out in the third inning to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.

The Twins came right back to tie it when Joe Mauer led off the fourth inning with a home run to left field. It was Mauer's second home run in a week but just his third this season.

The Tigers retook the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Andy Dirks reached base with a leadoff double, went to third on a one-out groundout by Miguel Cabrera and scored on a two-out single by Victor Martinez to make it 2-1.

Tigers starter Max Scherzer got out of a first-and-third jam with no outs in the second inning without allowing a run to score, but he could not pull off the same feat in the sixth inning. Danny Valencia hit a long fly ball in the same situation in the sixth, but Austin Jackson made an excellent running catch in deep center field.

The catch prevented the Twins from putting together a big inning, but Trevor Plouffe tagged up from third and scored on the play to tie the game at 2-2.

Scherzer allowed two runs on five hits and three walks in seven innings pitched. He struck out six.

Swarzak gave up two runs on four hits and two walks in six innings. He also struck out six.