Game Report - April 9, 2026 - Twins 3, Tigers 1

[Steve Bielawski]

The Tigers tied the game at 1-1 in the seventh, but allowed two runs in the eighth, and once more fell to the Twins, 3-1.
 
Jpsh Bell broke the scoreless tie when he led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a home run.

In the top of the seventh, Jake Rogers was hit by a pitch, went to third base on a single by Colt Keith, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Gleyber Torres.

In the bottom of the eighth, Josh Bell hit a liner to the outfield, which Riley Greene caught, but Parker Meadows had collided with him.  After that, Matt Wallner walked, Victor Caratini singled, Royce Lewis singled to load the bases, and Brooks Lee singled to drive in Mr. Wallner and Mr. Caratini.

Although the Tigers came home, to face the Marlins this weekend.  However, Parker Meadows is spending the night in a hospital in Minneapolis, being checked out after his collission with Riley Greene.

> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .350 .395 .500

Walked in the first.
Singled up the middle in the seventh.

> G. Torres DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .234 .383 .319

Singled to right in the first.
Hit a sacrifice fly to right in the seventh
   to drive in Mr. Rogers.

> R. Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .298 .280

Doubled to centre in the third.
He also struck out twice.

> K. Carpenter RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .184 .289 .342

nothing, with two strikeouts.

> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .184 .354 .237

Walked in the sixth.

> Z. McKinstry 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .333

Walked in the second inning.
In the KIITI club.

> J. Baez SS-CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .323 .353 .419

Singled to centre in the second inning.
Doubled to centre in the fourth.

> P. Meadows CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .333

In the KIITI club.

>    K. McGonigle SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .364 .429

> J. Rogers C 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .167

Was hit by a pitch in the seventh and scored.
In the KIITI club.

>    D. Dingler PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .390 .471

> team 31 1 5 1 0 3 9

One run is rarely enough to win.



> 2B: Báez (3, Abel); Greene (4, Abel)

> RBI: Torres (4)

> SF: Torres

> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 0-11 (Báez 0-1, Rogers 0-2, Meadows 0-2, Greene 0-1,
>    Carpenter 0-2, Torkelson 0-2, Keith 0-1)

> DP: 2 (Báez-Torkelson, Rogers-McKinstry)



> Minnesota Twins AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> B. Buxton CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .288 .311

Contained.

> T. Larnach DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263 .440 .368

Collared.

> J. Bell 1B 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 .317 .431 .634
> M. Wallner RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .231 .286 .442
> V. Caratini C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 .349 .316
> K. Clemens 2B-LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .130 .286 .261

Curtailed.
    Yes, that's Kody Clemens, and the Twins can have him.

> R. Lewis 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .378 .444
> T. Gray SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313 .368 .563
>    A. Martin PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .455 .250
>    B. Lee SS 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .194 .242 .194
> J. Outman LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .067 .000

Cornered.

>    L. Keaschall PH-2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .255 .280

Continued the 0-fer from the number 9 spot.

> team 31 3 9 3 1 5 9

Three runs are not much, but they were enough to win this game.

> HR: Bell (3, 4th inning off Flaherty 0 on, 0 Out)

> RBI: Bell (10), Lee 2 (4)
> 2Out RBI: Lee, B 2.

> GIDP: Wallner
> Team LOB: 9

> Team RISP: 2-9 (Caratini 0-1, Lewis 1-2, Larnach 0-1,
> Clemens 0-2, Wallner 0-1, Lee 1-1, Keaschall 0-1)

> CS: Clemens (2, 2nd base by Flaherty/Rogers)
> SB: Clemens (3, 2nd base off Flaherty/Rogers)



> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (4-9, 2-8 road)    0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0 - 1 5 0
> Minnesota Twins (7-6, 5-2 home)   0 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 x - 3 9 0
> ---------------------------------------------------------------

Not a happy ending for the Tigers.
They have now lost five games in a row.



> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty  5.2 5 1 1 3 6 1 89-50 5.14

He was one out away from getting a quality start.

> T. Holton 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 24-12 0.00

Did his job.

> W. Vest (L, 0-2) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 34-19 7.94

The one who let it get away.

> B. Hurter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 3.60

Did his job.

> team 8.0 9 3 3 5 9 1 148-82

> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
>    Flaherty 14/23;
>    Holton 2/6; Vest 3/6; Hurter 1/1

> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
>    Flaherty-18-7-11-13;
>    Holton-4-2-3-3; Vest-4-7-4-4; Hurter-0-0-0-1

> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
>    Flaherty 3-6;
>    Holton 0-2; Vest 0-1; Hurter 0-1

> Game Scores: J Flaherty 58



> Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> M. Abel 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 102-70 6.08

He got a quality start.

> G. Acton (W, 1-0, B, 1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 35-22 4.50
> E. Orze (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-12 1.59

Did their jobs.

> team 9.0 5 1 1 3 9 0 151-104

> HBP: Rogers (by Acton)

> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Orze 2/3; Acton 6/8; Abel 19/25

> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Orze-4-1-5-2; Acton-7-6-4-4; Abel-19-14-21-16

> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Orze 0-2; Acton 0-4; Abel 5-7

> Game Scores: M Abel 67



> Venuer: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> Attendance: 19,054

> Weather: 45 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 6 m.p.h., out to right

> Time of Game: 2:44

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