The Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-7 on Aug 16, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 with 2 home runs and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tyler Holton pitched 2.1 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jorge Polanco went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Kenta Maeda pitched 4.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 3 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Vierling | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Akil Baddoo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Nick Maton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Holton | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Foley | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Beau Brieske | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donovan Solano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Edouard Julien | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Vazquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Farmer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Polanco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Joey Gallo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 37 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenta Maeda | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Emilio Pagan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Floro | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous Aug 15, 2023: DET 3, MIN 5 · Next Aug 17, 2023: DET at CLE
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Aug 15, 2023: DET 3, MIN 5 · Next Aug 18, 2023: PIT 1, MIN 5