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April 8, 2026 · AL Cent

Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins

April 8, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 51°F · 15 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
4-8
6
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
6-6
8

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B1 Ryan Jeffers Ryan Jeffers grounds out, third baseman Kevin McGonigle to first baseman Colt Keith. Austin Martin scores. DET 0, MIN 2
B1 Josh Bell Josh Bell singles on a fly ball to left fielder Riley Greene. Luke Keaschall scores. Victor Caratini to 2nd. DET 0, MIN 3
B1 Matt Wallner Matt Wallner doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Victor Caratini scores. Josh Bell to 3rd. DET 0, MIN 4
B1 Royce Lewis Royce Lewis singles on a ground ball to center fielder Matt Vierling. Josh Bell scores. Matt Wallner scores. DET 0, MIN 6
B4 Luke Keaschall Luke Keaschall singles on a line drive to center fielder Matt Vierling. Byron Buxton scores. DET 0, MIN 7
T6 Kerry Carpenter Kerry Carpenter singles on a ground ball to right fielder Matt Wallner. Colt Keith scores. Gleyber Torres to 3rd. DET 1, MIN 7
T6 Dillon Dingler Dillon Dingler singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Gleyber Torres scores. Kerry Carpenter to 2nd. DET 2, MIN 7
B6 Ryan Jeffers Ryan Jeffers walks. DET 2, MIN 8
T7 Gleyber Torres Gleyber Torres doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Matt Wallner. Javier Báez scores. Kevin McGonigle scores. DET 4, MIN 8
T7 Riley Greene Riley Greene singles on a ground ball to second baseman Luke Keaschall. Gleyber Torres scores. DET 5, MIN 8
T7 Parker Meadows Parker Meadows called out on strikes. DET 6, MIN 8

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 000002400 6
MIN 600101000 8

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Tigers AWAY 6

Framber Valdez started for Tigers, leaving trailing 0–7.

workload · innings pitched
  • Framber Valdez Starter 5.0 87 8 2 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Framber Valdez threw
    CSW 26% 1st-pitch strike 72% 3.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 37 43% 2 9 6 11 9
    Curveball 28 32% 4 4 2 13 5
    Changeup 21 24% 0 4 1 7 9
    Slider 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1
  • Enmanuel De Jesus Middle 1.0 21 0 1 inherited 2, 1 scored
  • Kyle Finnegan Setup 1.0 16 0 0
  • Will Vest Closer 1.0 15 0 1
Twins HOME 8

Bailey Ober started for Twins, leaving with a 7–2 lead. Out of the bullpen, Anthony Banda took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Bailey Ober Starter 5.2 99 2 2 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Bailey Ober threw
    CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 54% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 35 35% 1 7 7 14 6
    Changeup 34 34% 3 4 8 14 5
    Slider 12 12% 1 2 2 3 4
    Sweeper 10 10% 1 2 2 2 3
    Curveball 7 7% 0 3 0 1 3
    Sinker 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Justin Topa Reliever 0.1 10 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Anthony Banda Setup 0.2 21 4 1
  • Cole Sands Reliever 0.1 9 0 1 HLD inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Cody Laweryson Middle 1.1 26 0 2 HLD
  • Kody Funderburk Reliever 0.2 20 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 1st · off Valdez
  • Jeffers Groundout (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Spencer Torkelson 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .364 .257 .621
Kevin McGonigle 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 .292 .370 .438 .808
Gleyber Torres DH 5 2 2 2 0 1 .227 .393 .318 .711 2B
Jahmai Jones RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Riley Greene LF 4 1 1 1 1 1 .196 .302 .261 .563
Dillon Dingler C 4 0 3 1 0 0 .273 .400 .485 .885
Parker Meadows CF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .273 .333 .364 .697
Zach McKinstry 2B 5 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .276 .370 .646
Javier Báez SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .296 .333 .370 .703 2B
Colt Keith 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 .351 .385 .514 .899 2B
Kerry Carpenter RF 2 0 1 1 1 0 .206 .317 .382 .699
Matt Vierling CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .158 .389 .547
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton CF 4 3 3 0 1 0 .214 .292 .333 .625 2B
Luke Keaschall 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 .208 .264 .292 .556 SB
Ryan Jeffers C 3 0 1 1 2 1 .226 .351 .290 .641
Victor Caratini 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .294 .359 .324 .683
Josh Bell DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 .270 .404 .541 .945
Matt Wallner RF 4 1 1 1 0 2 .224 .269 .449 .718 2B
Royce Lewis 3B 3 0 2 2 1 0 .219 .390 .469 .859 SB
Brooks Lee SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .219 .167 .386
Austin Martin LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .217 .438 .217 .655
Trevor Larnach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .313 .476 .438 .914

Pitching lines

AWAY · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Framber Valdez 5.0 10 8 8 2 2 0 87 4.76 L
Enmanuel De Jesus 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 21 6.35
Kyle Finnegan 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 0.00
Will Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 5.40
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Bailey Ober 5.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 99 5.27 W
Justin Topa 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.76
Anthony Banda 0.2 4 4 4 0 1 0 21 7.50
Cole Sands 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.08 HLD
Cody Laweryson 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26 4.26 HLD
Kody Funderburk 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 3.18 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
Derek Shelton
Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
5-4 W4 +6 run diff
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HOME · MIN
7-3 L1 +22 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with DET listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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