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Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins

Target Field, Minneapolis Regular Season Final

Final score

The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 3–1 on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Detroit Tigers 1 76-86
at Minnesota Twins 3 77-85

Line score

Team
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Minnesota Twins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 9 0
  • W: Garrett Acton
  • L: Will Vest (0-2)
  • S: Eric Orze

Home runs

  • Minnesota Twins: Josh Bell (3)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 4th Minnesota Twins Josh Bell homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. 0–1
Top 7th Detroit Tigers Gleyber Torres out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Matt Wallner. Jake Rogers scores. 1–1
Bottom 8th Minnesota Twins Brooks Lee singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Matt Wallner scores. Victor Caratini scores. Royce Lewis to 3rd. 1–3

Box score

Detroit Tigers

Batter
Colt Keith 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .350
Gleyber Torres DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 .234
Riley Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .200
Kerry Carpenter RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .184
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .184
Zach McKinstry 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Javier Báez CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .323
Parker Meadows CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Kevin McGonigle SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Jake Rogers C 2 1 0 0 0 1 .083
Dillon Dingler PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .265
Totals 31 1 5 1 3 9
Pitcher
Jack Flaherty 5.2 5 1 1 3 6 1 89 5.14
Tyler Holton 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 0 24 0.00
Will Vest (L, 0-2) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 34 7.94
Brant Hurter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.60

Minnesota Twins

Batter
Byron Buxton CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .200
Trevor Larnach DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 .263
Josh Bell 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .317
Matt Wallner RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .231
Victor Caratini C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .289
Kody Clemens LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .130
Royce Lewis 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222
Tristan Gray SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .313
Austin Martin PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Brooks Lee SS 1 0 1 2 0 0 .194
James Outman LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Luke Keaschall 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Totals 31 3 9 3 5 9
Pitcher
Mick Abel 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 102 6.08
Garrett Acton (W, 1-0)(BS, 1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 35 4.50
Eric Orze (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1.59

Game info

Weather
45 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
6 mph, Out To RF
First pitch
12:41 PM
Time of game
2:44
Attendance
19,054
Umpires
Home Plate: Adrian Johnson, First Base: Rob Drake, Second Base: Quinn Wolcott, Third Base: Steven Jaschinski

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Tigers 3 at Minnesota Twins 7 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 2 at Minnesota Twins 4 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 6 at Minnesota Twins 8 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 1 at Minnesota Twins 3 Final Game page
Minnesota Twins 4 at Detroit Tigers 10 Final Game page
Minnesota Twins 6 at Detroit Tigers 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Twins 0 at Detroit Tigers 11 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 1 at Minnesota Twins 11 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 2 at Minnesota Twins 15 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 11 at Minnesota Twins 6 Final (12) Game page
Minnesota Twins 4 at Detroit Tigers 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Twins 3 at Detroit Tigers 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Twins 2 at Detroit Tigers 7 Final Game page

Other MLB games on Apr 9

Matchup Status Details
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Athletics 1 at New York Yankees 0 Final Game page
Arizona Diamondbacks 7 at New York Mets 1 Final Game page
Chicago White Sox 2 at Kansas City Royals 0 Final Game page
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