Game Report - April 8, 2026 - Twins 8, Tigers 6
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Steve Bielawski
Apr 9, 2026, 3:39:36 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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> Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 6 - final
The Twins scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning, and held on to beat the Tigers, 8-6.
In the bottom of the first, Byron Buxton singled, Austin Martin was hit by a pitch, Luke Kearschall was safe on a fielding error by Javy Baez, Mr. Buxton scored on a wild pitch, Mr. Martin scored on a ground out, Victor Caratini walked, Josh Bell sisngled to drive in Mr. Keaschall, Matt Wallner doubled to drive in Mr. Caratini, and Royce Lewis singled to drive in Mr. Bell and Mr. Wallner. That was six runs, all earned, and all charged to Framber Valdez.
In the bottom of the fourth, Byron Buxton singled, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a single by Luke Keaschall.
In the top of the eighth, Colt Keith doubled, Gleyber Torres singled, Kerry Carpenter singled to drive in Mr. Keith, and Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Torres.
In the bottom of the sixth, Byron Buxton doubled, went to third base on a single by Austin Martin, and scored as the Tigers caught Austin Martin in a run-down while attempting to steal second base.
In the top of the seventh, Javy Baez singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Baez and Mr. McGonigle, Riley Greene singled to drive in Mr. Torres, Dillon Dingler singled, and Mr. Greene scored on a wild pitch.
The series concludes this afternoon.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .351 .385 .514
Doubled to right in the sixth and scored.
> S. Torkelson PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .364 .257
Was hit by a pitch in the eighth.
> K. McGonigle 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 .370 .438
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
> G. Torres DH 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .227 .393 .318
Singled to right in the sixth and scored.
Doubled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Baez and Mr. McGonigle;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .206 .317 .382
Walked in the second.
Singled to right in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Keith.
> J. Jones PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
nothing.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .196 .302 .261
Beat out an infield single in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Torres;
he would soon score as well.
> D. Dingler C 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .273 .400 .485
Hit an infield single in the second.
Was safe on a threowing error in the fifth.
Singled uo the middle in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
Singled to right in the sevemth.
Was hit by a pitch in the ninth.
> M. Vierling CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .158 .389
nothing.
> P. Meadows PH-CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .364
> Z. McKinstry 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .276 .370
nothing.
> J. Baez SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .296 .333 .370
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
Doubled to right in the eighth.
> team 40 6 12 5 0 2 6
Six runs is often enough to win, but not this game.
> 2B: Báez (2, Laweryson); Torres (1, Banda); Keith (6, Ober)
> RBI: Torres 2 (3), Greene (6), Carpenter (7), Dingler (8)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler; Greene, R.
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 6-19 (Báez 0-1, McGonigle 0-2, Dingler 1-1, Carpenter 1-1, Greene 1-2,
> Vierling 0-1, Meadows 1-3, McKinstry 0-4, Jones 0-1, Torres 2-3)
> DP: 1 (McKinstry-Báez-Torkelson)
> Minnesota Twins AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> B. Buxton CF 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 .214 .292 .333
> A. Martin LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .438 .217
> T. Larnach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .476 .438
> J. Outman LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000
> L. Keaschall 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .208 .264 .292
> R. Jeffers C 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 .226 .351 .290
> V. Caratini 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .294 .359 .324
> J. Bell DH 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .270 .404 .541
> M. Wallner RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .224 .269 .449
> R. Lewis 3B 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 .219 .390 .469
> B. Lee SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .219 .167
Chopped. A Karate chop, I think.
> team 34 8 11 6 0 6 4
> 2B: Buxton (3, Valdez); Wallner (2, Valdez)
> RBI: Bell (9), Lewis 2 (8), Jeffers (3), Wallner (5), Keaschall (7)
> 2Out RBI: Keaschall.
> GIDP: Larnach
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 5-13 (Bell 1-1, Keaschall 1-3, Lee 0-1, Martin 1-1, Wallner 1-2,
> Jeffers 0-1, Larnach 0-1, Lewis 1-1, Caratini 0-1, Buxton 0-1)
> CS: Martin (2, 2nd base by De Jesús/Dingler)
> Picked Off: Martin (1st base, De Jesús)
> SB: Lewis (2, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler); Keaschall (2, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler)
> E: Lee (2, throw)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (4-8, 2-7 road) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 - 6 12 0
> Minnesota Twins (6-6, 4-2 home) 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 8 11 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
The Tigers tried to mount a comeback, but they were too far behind.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (L, 1-1) 5.0 10 8 8 2 2 0 87-56 4.76
Not a quality start,
but he did improve after the disaster of the first inning
> E. De Jesus 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 21-10 6.35
> K. Finnegan 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16-5 0.00
> W. Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15-8 5.40
Did their jobs.
> team 8.0 11 8 8 6 4 0 139-79
> WP: Valdez
> HBP: Martin (by Valdez)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 22/29;
> De Jesús 3/5; Finnegan 2/4; Vest 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-17-7-8-24;
> De Jesús-1-3-4-2; Finnegan-1-1-1-1; Vest-5-1-0-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 11-3;
> De Jesús 0-1; Finnegan 1-1; Vest 2-0
> Game Scores: F Valdez 15
> Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Ober (W, 1-0) 5.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 99-64 5.27
He just missed getting a quality start,
but he got the win, despite some problems in the sixth inning.
> J. Topa 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-5 4.76
Got his man.
> A. Banda 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 21-13 7.50
The bigger problem.
> C. Sands (H, 3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9-7 2.08
He allowed one inherited runner to score.
> C. Laweryson (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26-15 4.26
> K. Funderburk (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20-8 3.18
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 12 6 6 2 6 0 185-112
> WP: Banda; Sands
> HBP: Dingler (by Funderburk); Torkelson (by Laweryson)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Banda 3/6; Topa 1/2; Ober 13/24;
> Sands 1/2; Funderburk 2/4; Laweryson 3/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Banda-4-1-3-5; Topa-0-0-3-2; Ober-18-6-19-20;
> Sands-3-0-3-1; Funderburk-3-2-1-2; Laweryson-5-1-6-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Banda 0-1; Topa 0-1; Ober 4-12; Funderburk 1-1; Laweryson 0-2
> Game Scores: B Ober 52
> Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> Attendance: 13,038
> Weather: 51 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 15 m.p.h., out to centre
> Time of Game: 2:57
This game report is brought to you by the Minneapolis Lakers.
They were the pride of the early N.B.A.
The Twins scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning, and held on to beat the Tigers, 8-6.
In the bottom of the first, Byron Buxton singled, Austin Martin was hit by a pitch, Luke Kearschall was safe on a fielding error by Javy Baez, Mr. Buxton scored on a wild pitch, Mr. Martin scored on a ground out, Victor Caratini walked, Josh Bell sisngled to drive in Mr. Keaschall, Matt Wallner doubled to drive in Mr. Caratini, and Royce Lewis singled to drive in Mr. Bell and Mr. Wallner. That was six runs, all earned, and all charged to Framber Valdez.
In the bottom of the fourth, Byron Buxton singled, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a single by Luke Keaschall.
In the top of the eighth, Colt Keith doubled, Gleyber Torres singled, Kerry Carpenter singled to drive in Mr. Keith, and Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Torres.
In the bottom of the sixth, Byron Buxton doubled, went to third base on a single by Austin Martin, and scored as the Tigers caught Austin Martin in a run-down while attempting to steal second base.
In the top of the seventh, Javy Baez singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Baez and Mr. McGonigle, Riley Greene singled to drive in Mr. Torres, Dillon Dingler singled, and Mr. Greene scored on a wild pitch.
The series concludes this afternoon.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> C. Keith 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .351 .385 .514
Doubled to right in the sixth and scored.
> S. Torkelson PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .364 .257
Was hit by a pitch in the eighth.
> K. McGonigle 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 .370 .438
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
> G. Torres DH 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 .227 .393 .318
Singled to right in the sixth and scored.
Doubled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Baez and Mr. McGonigle;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter RF 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 .206 .317 .382
Walked in the second.
Singled to right in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Keith.
> J. Jones PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
nothing.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .196 .302 .261
Beat out an infield single in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Torres;
he would soon score as well.
> D. Dingler C 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .273 .400 .485
Hit an infield single in the second.
Was safe on a threowing error in the fifth.
Singled uo the middle in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
Singled to right in the sevemth.
Was hit by a pitch in the ninth.
> M. Vierling CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .158 .389
nothing.
> P. Meadows PH-CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .364
> Z. McKinstry 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .276 .370
nothing.
> J. Baez SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .296 .333 .370
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
Doubled to right in the eighth.
> team 40 6 12 5 0 2 6
Six runs is often enough to win, but not this game.
> 2B: Báez (2, Laweryson); Torres (1, Banda); Keith (6, Ober)
> RBI: Torres 2 (3), Greene (6), Carpenter (7), Dingler (8)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler; Greene, R.
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 6-19 (Báez 0-1, McGonigle 0-2, Dingler 1-1, Carpenter 1-1, Greene 1-2,
> Vierling 0-1, Meadows 1-3, McKinstry 0-4, Jones 0-1, Torres 2-3)
> DP: 1 (McKinstry-Báez-Torkelson)
> Minnesota Twins AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> B. Buxton CF 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 .214 .292 .333
> A. Martin LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .438 .217
> T. Larnach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .476 .438
> J. Outman LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .077 .000
> L. Keaschall 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .208 .264 .292
> R. Jeffers C 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 .226 .351 .290
> V. Caratini 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .294 .359 .324
> J. Bell DH 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 .270 .404 .541
> M. Wallner RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .224 .269 .449
> R. Lewis 3B 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 .219 .390 .469
> B. Lee SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .219 .167
Chopped. A Karate chop, I think.
> team 34 8 11 6 0 6 4
> 2B: Buxton (3, Valdez); Wallner (2, Valdez)
> RBI: Bell (9), Lewis 2 (8), Jeffers (3), Wallner (5), Keaschall (7)
> 2Out RBI: Keaschall.
> GIDP: Larnach
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 5-13 (Bell 1-1, Keaschall 1-3, Lee 0-1, Martin 1-1, Wallner 1-2,
> Jeffers 0-1, Larnach 0-1, Lewis 1-1, Caratini 0-1, Buxton 0-1)
> CS: Martin (2, 2nd base by De Jesús/Dingler)
> Picked Off: Martin (1st base, De Jesús)
> SB: Lewis (2, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler); Keaschall (2, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler)
> E: Lee (2, throw)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (4-8, 2-7 road) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 - 6 12 0
> Minnesota Twins (6-6, 4-2 home) 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 8 11 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
The Tigers tried to mount a comeback, but they were too far behind.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (L, 1-1) 5.0 10 8 8 2 2 0 87-56 4.76
Not a quality start,
but he did improve after the disaster of the first inning
> E. De Jesus 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 21-10 6.35
> K. Finnegan 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16-5 0.00
> W. Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15-8 5.40
Did their jobs.
> team 8.0 11 8 8 6 4 0 139-79
> WP: Valdez
> HBP: Martin (by Valdez)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 22/29;
> De Jesús 3/5; Finnegan 2/4; Vest 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-17-7-8-24;
> De Jesús-1-3-4-2; Finnegan-1-1-1-1; Vest-5-1-0-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 11-3;
> De Jesús 0-1; Finnegan 1-1; Vest 2-0
> Game Scores: F Valdez 15
> Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Ober (W, 1-0) 5.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 99-64 5.27
He just missed getting a quality start,
but he got the win, despite some problems in the sixth inning.
> J. Topa 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-5 4.76
Got his man.
> A. Banda 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 21-13 7.50
The bigger problem.
> C. Sands (H, 3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9-7 2.08
He allowed one inherited runner to score.
> C. Laweryson (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26-15 4.26
> K. Funderburk (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20-8 3.18
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 12 6 6 2 6 0 185-112
> WP: Banda; Sands
> HBP: Dingler (by Funderburk); Torkelson (by Laweryson)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Banda 3/6; Topa 1/2; Ober 13/24;
> Sands 1/2; Funderburk 2/4; Laweryson 3/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Banda-4-1-3-5; Topa-0-0-3-2; Ober-18-6-19-20;
> Sands-3-0-3-1; Funderburk-3-2-1-2; Laweryson-5-1-6-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Banda 0-1; Topa 0-1; Ober 4-12; Funderburk 1-1; Laweryson 0-2
> Game Scores: B Ober 52
> Venue: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> Attendance: 13,038
> Weather: 51 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 15 m.p.h., out to centre
> Time of Game: 2:57
This game report is brought to you by the Minneapolis Lakers.
They were the pride of the early N.B.A.
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