The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Apr 9, 2026 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Gleyber Torres went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Jack Flaherty pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Josh Bell went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Mick Abel pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 0 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Greene | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Rogers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Flaherty | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Tyler Holton | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brant Hurter | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Bell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Byron Buxton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Wallner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| James Outman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Abel | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Garrett Acton | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
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