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April 9, 2026 · AL Cent

Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins

April 9, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 45°F · 6 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
4-9
1
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
7-6
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Josh Bell Josh Bell homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. DET 0, MIN 1
T7 Gleyber Torres Gleyber Torres out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Matt Wallner. Jake Rogers scores. DET 1, MIN 1
B8 Brooks Lee Brooks Lee singles on a ground ball to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Matt Wallner scores. Victor Caratini scores. Royce Lewis to 3rd. DET 1, MIN 3

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 000000100 1
MIN 000100020 3

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 1

Jack Flaherty started for Tigers, leaving trailing 0–1. Out of the bullpen, Will Vest took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Jack Flaherty Starter 5.2 89 1 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Jack Flaherty threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 40 45% 2 8 6 15 9
    Knuckle Curve 24 27% 4 6 1 10 3
    Slider 19 21% 1 4 3 9 2
    Changeup 3 3% 0 0 0 3 0
    Sinker 3 3% 0 0 1 2 0
  • Tyler Holton Middle 1.1 24 0 2 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Will Vest Closer 0.2 34 2 1 L
  • Brant Hurter Reliever 0.1 1 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
Twins HOME 3

Mick Abel started for Twins, leaving with a 1–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Garrett Acton took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Mick Abel Starter 6.0 102 0 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Mick Abel threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 76% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 40 39% 6 8 9 12 5
    Changeup 25 25% 3 5 4 8 5
    Sweeper 18 18% 2 3 4 6 3
    Curveball 12 12% 1 2 3 4 2
    Slider 7 7% 0 1 3 2 1
  • Garrett Acton Reliever 2.0 35 1 2 W
  • Eric Orze Setup 1.0 14 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 8th · off Vest
  • Lee 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Colt Keith 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .350 .395 .500 .895
Gleyber Torres DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 .234 .383 .319 .702
Riley Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .298 .280 .578 2B
Kerry Carpenter RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .184 .289 .342 .631
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .184 .354 .237 .591
Zach McKinstry 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .333 .606
Javier Báez CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .323 .353 .419 .772 2B
Kevin McGonigle SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .364 .429 .793
Dillon Dingler PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .265 .390 .471 .861
Parker Meadows CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .333 .641
Jake Rogers C 2 1 0 0 0 1 .083 .154 .167 .321
HOME · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .288 .311 .599
Trevor Larnach DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 .263 .440 .368 .808
Josh Bell 1B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .317 .431 .634 1.065 HR (3)
Matt Wallner RF 3 1 1 0 1 1 .231 .286 .442 .728
Victor Caratini C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .289 .349 .316 .665
Kody Clemens LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .130 .286 .261 .547 SB
Royce Lewis 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .378 .444 .822
Brooks Lee SS 1 0 1 2 0 0 .194 .242 .194 .436
Luke Keaschall 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .255 .280 .535
Tristan Gray SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 .313 .368 .563 .931
Austin Martin PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .455 .250 .705
James Outman LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .067 .000 .067

Pitching lines

AWAY · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
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 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 34 7.94 L
Brant Hurter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.60
HOME · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Mick Abel 6.0 4 0 0 3 6 0 102 6.08
Garrett Acton 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 35 4.50 W
Eric Orze 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1.59 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · MIN
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.

Read the full methodology.