Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins

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Detroit Tigers

4-8, 2-7 Away

Final
6 - 8

Minnesota Twins

6-6, 4-2 Home

Twins score 6 runs against Valdez in first inning and hold off Tigers 8-6

Matt Wallner doubles to boost Twins lead to 4-0

Bailey Ober (1-0) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Twins, who will go for a four-game sweep of their AL Central rivals Thursday afternoon. Cody Laweryson struck out two in 1 1/3 innings before Kody Funderburk got two outs for his third career save and first this season.

Buxton singled on the first pitch from Valdez (1-1) and later scored on a wild pitch. Ryan Jeffers had a sacrifice fly, Josh Bell singled in a run and Matt Wallner added an RBI double. Royce Lewis made it 6-0 with a two-run single before Valdez retired the side on his 29th pitch.

Buxton singled and scored on a two-out base hit by Luke Keaschall for a 7-0 lead in the fourth. Buxton also doubled and scored the Twins' final run in the sixth.

Ober allowed RBI singles to Kerry Carpenter and Dillon Dingler before leaving with two on in the sixth. Justin Topa gave up an infield single to Parker Meadows that loaded the bases before Zach McKinstry lined out to left field.

Anthony Banda allowed a two-run double to Gleyber Torres and an RBI single to Riley Greene in the seventh. Cole Sands let Greene score on a wild pitch before striking out Meadows to keep it 8-6.

Valdez exited after Buxton and Austin Martin singled to start the sixth. The left-hander gave up eight runs — matching his career high — on 10 hits and two walks.

Valdez had allowed just one earned run over 12 innings in his first two starts for Detroit after signing a $115 million, three-year contract as a free agent in February.

Up next Twins RHP Mick Abel (0-2, 11.05 ERA) starts Thursday opposite Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-1, 7.56).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McKinstry lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Meadows grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Dingler out at second, Greene to third.
	9th Inning	Dingler hit by pitch, Greene to second.
	9th Inning	Greene walked.
	9th Inning	Funderburk relieved Laweryson
	9th Inning	Jones flied out to right.

Statistics

DET		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	16
6	Strikeouts	4
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
23	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
185	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	13
44	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.8	Runs Created	6.2
.300	Batting Average	.324
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.382
.125	Secondary Average	.265
.364	On Base Percentage	.439
.739	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.821
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
40.0	Batter Rating	45.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.20	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.39
.075	Isolated Power	.059
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.50
.045	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.146
-.175	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.059
11.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
89.5	MLB Rating	92.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Target Field

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 13,038 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	8	5	.615	-	W2
Minnesota	6	6	.500	1.5	W3
Kansas City	5	7	.417	2.5	L2
Detroit	4	8	.333	3.5	L4
Chicago	4	8	.333	3.5	L3

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