MLB

Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball
Minnesota Twins
40-42, 18-25 Away
Final
4 - 1
Detroit Tigers
51-32, 28-14 Home

Byron Buxton homers in the Twins' 4-1 victory over the Tigers

Byron Buxton smokes big HR for Twins

David Festa (2-2) pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits. He struck out six and didn’t walk a batter. Jhoan Durán pitched the ninth for his 12th save.

Brooks Lee drove in a pair of runs for the Twins.

Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs in 5 1/3 innings.

The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Matt Wallner and Lee, then made it 2-0 an inning later on Buxton's long homer to left.

The Twins made it 3-0 in the sixth. Reliever Brant Hurter replaced Gipson-Long with one out and a runner on first. After a wild pitch, Hurter walked Ty France before Lee hit an RBI single. Hurter then hit former Tiger Kody Clemens to load the bases, but Carlos Hernández replaced Hurter and got out of the inning when Harrison Bader struck out and Christian Vazquez grounded out.

Buxton led off the seventh with a walk, stole second, took third on Trevor Larnach's groundout and scored on Willi Castro's squeeze bunt.

The Tigers had two runners on in the seventh, but Dillon Dingler grounded into a force at third and Parker Meadows popped out, but they finally scored when Colt Keith tripled in the eighth and scored on Gleyber Torres' single.

Zach McKinstry singled to put runners on the corners, but Griffin Jax struck out Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson to end the inning.

Key moment The Tigers had a chance to rally after Torres got their second hit with two out in the sixth. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli replaced Festa with Danny Coulombe and Tigers manager A.J. Hinch countered with pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones. Baldelli won the duel, as Jones grounded to Lee at third for a force at second.

Lee had prevented a bigger rally earlier in the inning, going behind the bag to field a Javier Báez grounder and make the play at first.

Key stat The Tigers came into the game with a 21-5 record in series-opening games this season, including 12-1 at home.

Up next Detroit RHP Casey Mize (7-2, 2.88) was set to face RHP Bailey Ober (4-5, 4.90) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Meadows struck out swinging.
9th Inning Dingler grounded out to third.
9th Inning Pérez grounded out to first.
9th Inning Duran relieved Jax
9th Inning Larnach grounded into double play, third to shortstop to first, Vázquez out at second.
9th Inning Buxton struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 1
13 Ground Balls 10
9 Strikeouts 11
4 Runs Batted In 1
1 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 6
2 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 1
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 33
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
16 Runners Left On Base 12
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
10 Fly Balls 12
0 Caught Stealing 0
129 Pitches 128
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
11 Total Bases 8
38 Plate Appearances 35
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
3 Extra Base Hits 1
4.1 Runs Created 1.7
.194 Batting Average .182
.000 Pinch Hit Average .500
.355 Slugging Percentage .242
.355 Secondary Average .121
.324 On Base Percentage .229
.679 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .471
1.3 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
4.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.7
31.0 Batter Rating 13.5
31.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.39 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.66
.161 Isolated Power .061
0.44 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.09
.105 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.161 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.061
8.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
77.8 MLB Rating 66.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 32,120 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 47 W1 0.58035713 65
Cleveland 8 54 W4 0.5090909 56
Kansas City 9.5 56 L1 0.4954955 55
Minnesota 13 59 L4 0.46363637 51
Chicago 22.5 69 W3 0.3783784 42
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