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Detroit Tigers @ Minnesota Twins

2026-08-31 · Night game · Target Field · Att: 14918 · 88°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 9 mph, Out To RF · 2:27

Minnesota Twins defeated Detroit Tigers 11–1. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Kody Clemens out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Zach McKinstry. Luke Keaschall scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Ryan Jeffers homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Luke Keaschall scores. Kody Clemens scores — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
MIN	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	2	0	11	9

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Malgeri RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gleyber Torres 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Colt Keith 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2
Kevin McGonigle SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Peck SS	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Dingler C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Callahan LF	3	0	1	0	1	2
Zach McKinstry P	4	0	1	0	0	2
Eduardo Valencia 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	1	0	0	0	1	0
Max Clark CF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hao-Yu Lee 2B	3	1	2	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gabriel Gonzalez RF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Keaschall RF	3	3	2	0	1	0
Brooks Lee 3B	5	0	1	3	0	0
Kody Clemens 2B	2	2	1	2	1	1
Ryan Kreidler 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Jeffers C	3	2	2	4	1	1
Alex Jackson C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Bell DH	5	0	0	0	0	0
Trevor Larnach LF	4	0	1	0	0	2
Royce Lewis 1B	3	1	0	0	1	1
Kaelen Culpepper SS	3	1	1	0	1	0
Walker Jenkins CF	3	2	1	2	1	0