Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers

MIN

Minnesota Twins

68-76 · L2

Final

DET

Detroit Tigers

65-79 · W1

Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Comerica Park. Dean Kremer earned the win; Drew Anderson took the loss. Yoendrys Gómez recorded the save.

Minnesota Twins 3, Detroit Tigers 2 MLB game recap for September 8, 2026

Pre-game preview

The Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Comerica Park, pulling ahead on Kody Clemens' two-run home run in the sixth. Dean Kremer picked up the win despite a 5.65 ERA, working five innings and surrendering two earned runs on 69 pitches. He struck out three. Drew Anderson took the loss for Detroit, lasting 5.1 innings and allowing three earned runs while striking out four on 86 pitches. Minnesota scratched across a run in the first when Josh Bell lifted a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Brooks Lee. Detroit answered in the fifth on Kevin McGonigle's two-run shot to left, his sixteenth of the season. The Tigers led 2-1 until Clemens turned it around in the sixth with his twenty-fifth home run, a drive to right center that plated Luke Keaschall. The model projected a neutral lean on the NRFI, and the first inning closed scoreless. Kremer recorded three strikeouts, matching his actual total to the model. Anderson fanned four, also in line with projections. Yoendrys Gómez nailed down the save for Minnesota.

Clemens has 25 home runs this season and delivered the go-ahead blast in the sixth inning after Detroit led 2-1.

McGonigle tied his season mark with his sixteenth home run, a two-run shot in the fifth that briefly gave the Tigers the lead.

Both starting pitchers stayed within their strikeout projections, with Kremer notching three and Anderson four.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	1
DET	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0

Scoring Summary

▲ 1st

Josh Bell out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Brett Callahan. Brooks Lee scores.

1-0

▼ 5th

Kevin McGonigle homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Zach McKinstry scores.

1-2

▲ 6th

Kody Clemens homers (25) on a fly ball to right center field. Luke Keaschall scores.

3-2

Key Performers

Kevin McGonigle

DET

2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R

Kody Clemens

MIN

1-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 R

Josh Bell

MIN

0-3, 1 RBI

Ryan Jeffers

MIN

2-3, 1 2B

Batting

MIN	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Kody Clemens LF	3	1	1	2	1	0	-
Brooks Lee 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	-
Walker Jenkins CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	-
Josh Bell DH	3	0	0	1	0	0	-
Kaelen Culpepper SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	-
Ryan Jeffers C	3	0	2	0	1	0	-
Ryan Kreidler 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
Royce Lewis 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	-
Trevor Larnach LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Luke Keaschall RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	-
Totals	29	3	5	3	3	5

DET	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
Brett Callahan LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	-
Zach McKinstry RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	-
Hao-Yu Lee 3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	-
Riley Greene DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	-
Eduardo Valencia C	4	0	1	0	0	0	-
Kevin McGonigle SS	4	1	2	2	0	0	-
Spencer Torkelson 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	-
Ben Malgeri LF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Gleyber Torres 2B	3	0	1	0	1	0	-
Max Clark CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Colt Keith 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Totals	31	2	5	2	2	7

Pitching

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Kremer (W, 3-5)	5.0	5	2	2	1	3	69-46	5.65
Minter (H, 8)	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	23-13	1.66
Morris (H, 21)	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	8-6	4.07
Hoffman, J (H, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	18-11	3.75
Gómez, Y (S, 22)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	13-8	3.50
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	2	7

DET	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Anderson, D (L, 4-6)	5.1	4	3	3	3	4	86-56	3.80
Brieske	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	20-14	5.52
Hurter	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	12-9	2.70
Díaz, Y	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	8-7	22.85
Totals	9.0	5	3	3	3	5

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