Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers
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Kerry Carpenter's homer leads Tigers to 6-3 win over Twins
Wenceel Pérez and Dillon Dingler also homered for the Tigers, while Ryan Jeffers, Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner had homers for Minnesota.
Detroit has won six of its last eight games since losing 12 of 13. The Twins have lost five of six.
Casey Mize (10-4) picked up the win, allowing three runs in six innings while Kyle Finnegan pitched the ninth for his second Tigers save. Noah Davis (0-2) took the loss in relief.
Minnesota only had two hits in the first five innings, but they were both long home runs. Jeffers hit one to the flag pole in center in the first, and Larnach hit a fifth-inning shot deep into the right-field stands.
Pérez tied the game with a two-run homer in the fifth, but Wallner made it 3-2 in the sixth with a homer into the shrubbery above the centerfield fence.
Javier Báez scored the tying run in the bottom of the sixth and Carpenter followed with a 437-foot home run to right to make it 5-3. Dingler's solo homer in the seventh gave the Tigers a three-run lead.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Roden struck out looking. |
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9th Inning | Larnach struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Lewis singled to left. |
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9th Inning | Clemens grounded out to first. |
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9th Inning | Finnegan relieved Kahnle |
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8th Inning | Torkelson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Carpenter out at second. |
Statistics
 MIN |
 DET |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 3 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 7 |
| 8 | Strikeouts | 9 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 6 | Hits | 12 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 1 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 6 |
| 3 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 30 | At Bats | 31 |
| 3 | Home Runs | 3 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 9 | Runners Left On Base | 7 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 1 |
| 11 | Fly Balls | 15 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 107 | Pitches | 110 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 15 | Total Bases | 22 |
| 34 | Plate Appearances | 32 |
| 486.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 3.5 | Runs Created | 7.2 |
| .200 | Batting Average | .387 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .500 | Slugging Percentage | .710 |
| .333 | Secondary Average | .355 |
| .294 | On Base Percentage | .406 |
| .794 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | 1.116 |
| 1.0 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.5 |
| 3.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 9.2 |
| 27.0 | Batter Rating | 47.0 |
| 10.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 10.3 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.15 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.44 |
| .300 | Isolated Power | .323 |
| 0.13 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.11 |
| .029 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .031 |
| .133 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.032 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.5 |
| 79.0 | MLB Rating | 98.3 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 24,018 | Capacity:
2025 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit |
- | 62 | W2 | 0.5753425 | 84 |
 Cleveland |
9.5 | 71 | L1 | 0.5103448 | 74 |
 Kansas City |
10 | 72 | W1 | 0.5068493 | 74 |
| Minnesota |
20 | 82 | L2 | 0.43835616 | 64 |
 Chicago |
28 | 90 | W1 | 0.38356164 | 56 |