Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

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Minnesota Twins

31-38, 13-20 Away

<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
6 - 4

Detroit Tigers

28-40, 17-16 Home

Buxton hits 20th homer of the season, Twins beat Tigers 6-3

The game was delayed for 1 hour, 7 minutes in the middle of the first inning due to inclement weather.

Lewis opened the scoring in the second inning with the second-longest homer of his career, a 444-foot shot to left. Buxton made it 4-1 in the fifth with a three-run shot.

Buxton is the third in Twins history with 20 or more homers through 69 games, joining Harmon Killebrew and Justin Morneau. Buxton is the fourth player in the majors to reach 20 this season.

Taylor Rogers (2-3) struck out two in a hitless fourth inning for the victory. Yoendrys Gómez closed out his fifth save of the year.

Mike Paredes made his first career start for Minnesota, going three innings.

Gleyer Torres had an RBI double in the third to tie it for the Tigers. Kerry Carpenter had a two-run single in the fifth to pull Detroit within a run.

Framber Valdez (3-5) gave up four runs on six hits in five innings.

Up next Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (2-3, 4.15 ERA) was set to face RHP Keider Montero (2-4, 3.95 ERA) on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dingler singled to left, Pérez scored, Torres to second.
	9th Inning	Vierling flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Torres walked, Pérez to second.
	9th Inning	McGonigle flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Pérez singled to right.

Statistics

MIN		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	1
20	Ground Balls	5
3	Strikeouts	14
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	4
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	199
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	3
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	7
42	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
7.7	Runs Created	2.8
.343	Batting Average	.176
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.543	Slugging Percentage	.206
.371	Secondary Average	.206
.452	On Base Percentage	.317
.995	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.523
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
8.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
43.0	Batter Rating	24.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.52	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.85
.200	Isolated Power	.029
1.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.146
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
11.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
96.5	MLB Rating	71.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 23,517 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/chw.png" class="logo-micro">Chicago	38	32	.543	-	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/cle.png" class="logo-micro">Cleveland	39	33	.542	-	W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/min.png" class="logo-micro">Minnesota	34	40	.459	6	W2
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/det.png" class="logo-micro">Detroit	30	42	.417	9	W1
<img src="https://a.espncdn.com/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/kc.png" class="logo-micro">Kansas City	29	44	.397	10.5	L1

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