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Minnesota Twins @ Detroit Tigers

2026-09-08 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 22874 · 78°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 7 mph, In From RF · 2:32

Minnesota Twins defeated Detroit Tigers 3–2. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 1st — Josh Bell out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Brett Callahan. Brooks Lee scores. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 5th — Kevin McGonigle homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Zach McKinstry scores. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 6th — Kody Clemens homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field. Luke Keaschall scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Kevin McGonigle homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Zach McKinstry scores — worth 30% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Minnesota Twins — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

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