DETROIT — The top of Detroit’s starting rotation looks just fine so far — and so does the bottom of the batting order.

Anibal Sanchez helped the Tigers blank Minnesota for the second straight game, Jose Iglesias had four hits and Alex Avila scored four runs in Wednesday’s 11-0 rout of the Twins.

Detroit had beaten Minnesota 4-0 on opening day behind star left-hander David Price, and Sanchez was impressive as well in his first start since Aug. 8. Sanchez was limited over the final two months of last season by a pectoral issue.

“He has a different look in his eye this year,” manager Brad Ausmus said. “It’s like he’s determined to do something.”

After losing Max Scherzer to free agency and trading Rick Porcello — and putting Justin Verlander on the disabled list Wednesday — the Tigers are counting on Price and Sanchez. Of course, they probably would have won this game no matter who was pitching.

Anthony Gose, making his Detroit debut after the Tigers acquired the center fielder in an offseason trade, came within a home run of the cycle.

Gose added a two-run triple in the fourth, and Kinsler followed with an RBI double that skipped past center fielder Jordan Schafer for an error. Kinsler came home on a wild pitch for a 7-0 lead.

“Leadoff walks are always going to hurt you a little bit,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “They were able to put together some innings and we weren’t able to contain them after that. Iglesias got off to a good start, he got some hits, and Gose had a couple big hits.”