The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Apr 7, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 4.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Ryan Jeffers went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 6.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gleyber Torres | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dillon Dingler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jahmai Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Skubal | 4.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Connor Seabold | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Topa | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
Before and after
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