Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

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Minnesota Twins

69-77, 31-43 Away

Final
2 - 7

Detroit Tigers

67-79, 36-36 Home

Colt Keith homers as young Tigers lineup beats struggling Twins, 7-2

The Tigers hadn't won a series since taking two of three from the Cleveland Guardians Aug. 11-13. They had lost 16 of their last 24 games before Wednesday's win.

The Twins have lost 12 of 18.

Tyler Holton (2-5) picked up the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Starter Keider Montero left after allowing two runs in four innings.

Zebby Matthews (9-10) took the loss, giving up five runs in 2 1/3 innings.

Detroit took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Hao Yu-Lee walked and scored on Keith's 10th homer of the season.

The Tigers loaded the bases with no outs in the third on a double and two walks. Matthews struck out Keith, but walked Riley Greene to make it 3-0. Travis Adams came out of the bullpen and allowed a sacrifice fly to Dillon Dingler before Brett Callahan gave the Tigers a five-run lead with a ground-rule double.

Kody Clemens led off the fourth with his 26th homer and Josh Bell followed with his 19th, but the Twins didn't get another hit until the seventh inning.

Dillon Dingler's RBI single put the Tigers ahead 6-2 in the seventh and John Peck made it a five-run game with an RBI single in the eighth.

The Tigers had six rookies in their starting lineup, which had an average age of 23.9.

Up next Twins: Off on Thursday before starting a three-game home series against the Cleveland Guardians. RHP Taj Bradley (11-6, 3.95 ERA) is scheduled to start on Friday against LHP Parker Messick (11-9, 2.53).

Tigers: Start a three-game weekend series at home against the Colorado Rockies on Friday. LHP Framber Valdez (9-10, 4.17) starts against RHP Mason Adams (0-0, 3.95).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Larnach flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Culpepper grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Bell out at second.
	9th Inning	Bell singled to center.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Sommers
	8th Inning	Lee grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	McGonigle struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	1
156	Pitches	162
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	12
33	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
2.4	Runs Created	5.7
.167	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.367	Slugging Percentage	.414
.267	Secondary Average	.483
.242	On Base Percentage	.395
.609	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.809
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
19.0	Batter Rating	44.0
15.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.200	Isolated Power	.172
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.211
.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.241
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
71.5	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 18,788 | Capacity:

2026 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	-	75	W5	0.5192308	81
Chicago	1	76	W2	0.51282054	80
Detroit	7.5	83	W1	0.4713376	74
Minnesota	8.5	84	L1	0.46496814	73
Kansas City	14	89	L4	0.42948717	67

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