MLB

Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
40-43, 18-26 Away
Final
5 - 10
Detroit Tigers
52-32, 29-14 Home

Zach McKinstry and Riley Greene both hit homers in Tigers' 10-5 win over the Twins

Kerry Carpenter robs Twins with perfectly timed leaping grab

Riley Greene, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres also homered for the Tigers.

Casey Mize (8-2) gave up two runs on five hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out five as he improved to 5-0 with a 2.00 ERA in six starts at home this season.

Bailey Ober (4-6) took the loss, allowing seven runs on 11 hits, including all four home runs. He walked one and struck out five.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second when Spencer Torkelson doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly. After Minnesota went ahead 2-1 on Byron Buxton's two-run homer in the third, Detroit tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Carpenter's homer.

Colt Keith made it 3-2 in the fourth with a sacrifice fly and Torres followed with a two-run homer.

Greene led off the fifth with Detroit's third home run to move the lead to 6-2, and McKinstry's leadoff homer in the sixth made it a five-run game.

Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer in the eighth, but Wenceel Pérez hit a two-run double in the bottom of the inning.

Key moment The Twins nearly took the lead in the second inning, but Carpenter leaped to keep a fly ball from Ryan Jeffers from clearing the left field fence.

Key stat Buxton homered and stole a base in a game for the 15th time, tying Gary Gaetti for third place on the Twins career list.

Up next The teams finish the three-game series with the first Sunday night game at Comerica Park since 2017. Twins RHP Chris Paddack (3-6, 4.64 ERA) faces Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (9-2, 2.29), who is 9-0 in his last 14 starts.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Bader struck out swinging.
9th Inning Wallner hit sacrifice fly to center, Lee scored.
9th Inning Jeffers flied out to right, Lee to third.
9th Inning Lee doubled to left.
9th Inning Lee relieved Kahnle
9th Inning Jones in left field.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
8 Ground Balls 8
8 Strikeouts 7
5 Runs Batted In 10
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
8 Hits 15
1 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 10
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 3
34 At Bats 35
2 Home Runs 4
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 17
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
19 Fly Balls 24
0 Caught Stealing 0
131 Pitches 156
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
15 Total Bases 29
36 Plate Appearances 44
324.0 Projected Home Runs 648.0
3 Extra Base Hits 6
4.2 Runs Created 12.5
.235 Batting Average .429
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.441 Slugging Percentage .829
.265 Secondary Average .543
.250 On Base Percentage .465
.691 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.294
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.3
4.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 14.0
37.0 Batter Rating 71.0
17.0 At Bats Per Home Run 8.8
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.64 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.55
.206 Isolated Power .400
0.13 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.71
.028 Walks Per Plate Appearance .114
.029 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .114
10.0 Runs Produced 20.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.9
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.5
84.3 MLB Rating 118.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 33,780 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 54 34 .614 - L2
Minnesota 41 46 .471 12.5 L1
Cleveland 40 45 .471 12.5 L7
Kansas City 41 47 .466 13 W1
Chicago 28 59 .322 25.5 L3
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