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June 9, 2026 · AL Cent

Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

June 9, 2026Comerica ParkPartly Cloudy 78°F · 12 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Minnesota Twins
30-38
4
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
28-39
10

Game Highlights

Published June 10, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Byron Buxton Byron Buxton homers (19) on a line drive to left center field. MIN 1, DET 0
B1 Dillon Dingler Dillon Dingler homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. MIN 1, DET 1
B2 Riley Greene Riley Greene homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. MIN 1, DET 2
T3 Josh Bell Josh Bell homers (7) on a line drive to left center field. MIN 2, DET 2
B3 Riley Greene Riley Greene out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Kevin McGonigle scores. MIN 2, DET 3
T5 Brooks Lee Brooks Lee homers (10) on a line drive to right field. MIN 3, DET 3
T5 Kody Clemens Kody Clemens homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. MIN 4, DET 3
B5 Kerry Carpenter Kerry Carpenter homers (9) on a fly ball to right field. Dillon Dingler scores. MIN 4, DET 5
B6 Dillon Dingler Dillon Dingler homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Zach McKinstry scores. Gleyber Torres scores. MIN 4, DET 8
B7 Gleyber Torres Gleyber Torres singles on a ground ball to left fielder Kody Clemens, deflected by shortstop Tristan Gray. Riley Greene scores. Spencer Torkelson scores. Zach McKinstry to 3rd. MIN 4, DET 10

Box score

  123456789 R
MIN 101020000 4
DET 111023200 10

Pitching & bullpen

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

Twins AWAY 4

Taj Bradley started for Twins, leaving trailing 4–5. Out of the bullpen, Eric Orze took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Taj Bradley Starter 4.1 89 5 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Taj Bradley threw
    CSW 19% 1st-pitch strike 52% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 46 52% 1 7 11 17 10
    Cutter 25 28% 4 2 6 7 6
    Splitter 10 11% 0 0 1 9 0
    Curveball 8 9% 0 3 0 4 1
  • Eric Orze Setup 1.0 23 2 1
  • Taylor Rogers Setup 0.2 17 2 1 inherited 2, all 2 scored
  • Justin Lawrence Middle 1.0 26 1 2 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Cody Laweryson Middle 1.0 12 0 1
Tigers HOME 10

Troy Melton started for Tigers, leaving trailing 3–4.

workload · innings pitched
  • Troy Melton Starter 5.0 88 4 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Troy Melton threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 43% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 32 36% 0 5 6 11 10
    Slider 23 26% 4 1 6 7 5
    Cutter 15 17% 3 4 2 5 1
    Splitter 9 10% 0 0 3 6 0
    Sinker 5 6% 0 3 0 1 1
    Curveball 4 5% 0 2 1 1 0
  • Brenan Hanifee Middle 0.1 9 0 0 HLD
  • Drew Anderson Middle 0.2 17 0 2 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Tyler Holton Middle 0.1 16 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Kyle Finnegan Setup 1.2 22 0 3 HLD inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Enmanuel De Jesus Middle 1.0 15 0 0

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 5th · off Bradley
  • Carpenter HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIN
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Byron Buxton CF 5 1 1 1 0 4 .255 .316 .554 .870 HR (19)
Brooks Lee 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 .241 .295 .418 .713 HR (10)
Ryan Kreidler PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .313 .441 .754
Josh Bell DH 5 1 2 1 0 1 .228 .286 .367 .653 HR (7)
Austin Martin RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 .247 .353 .333 .686
Victor Caratini C 5 0 0 0 0 1 .209 .304 .294 .598
Royce Lewis 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .174 .267 .287 .554 2B
Luke Keaschall 2B 2 0 2 0 1 0 .247 .324 .314 .638
Tristan Gray SS 4 0 0 0 0 3 .257 .298 .398 .696
Kody Clemens LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .247 .316 .479 .795 HR (9)
Trevor Larnach LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .256 .368 .384 .752
HOME · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Gleyber Torres 2B 4 1 1 2 0 2 .270 .386 .362 .748
Kevin McGonigle 3B 4 1 0 0 1 2 .286 .390 .419 .809
Dillon Dingler C 5 3 4 4 0 1 .248 .329 .528 .857 2 HR (15, 16), 2B
Riley Greene LF 3 2 1 2 1 0 .306 .396 .459 .855 HR (7)
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 .214 .314 .400 .714
Colt Keith DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 .306 .328 .634
Wenceel Pérez RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .241 .333 .574
Zach McKinstry CF 2 1 2 0 2 0 .179 .275 .244 .519 3B
Kerry Carpenter RF 5 1 1 2 0 1 .230 .301 .500 .801 HR (9)
Matt Vierling CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .271 .351 .622

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIN
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Taj Bradley 4.1 7 5 5 3 3 3 89 4.02 L
Eric Orze 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 0 23 4.55
Taylor Rogers 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 1 17 4.97
Justin Lawrence 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 26 4.91
Cody Laweryson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.56
HOME · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Troy Melton 5.0 8 4 4 0 5 4 88 2.81 W
Brenan Hanifee 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.55 HLD
Drew Anderson 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 3.80 HLD
Tyler Holton 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 4.40
Kyle Finnegan 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 22 2.01 HLD
Enmanuel De Jesus 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 4.78

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

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

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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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