Minnesota Twins at Detroit Tigers: Final Score & Recap

The Minnesota Twins edged the Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Comerica Park on September 8, 2026, completing a comeback after falling behind early. Detroit scored first in the bottom of the first inning, and the game remained tight through four frames before Kevin McGonigle gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead with a home run off Dean Kremer in the bottom of the fifth, a swing that shifted win probability 25.2 points in Detroit's favor. Minnesota answered immediately in the top of the sixth, when Kody Clemens connected for a home run off Drew Anderson that swung the DiamondIQ model's estimate 24.1 points toward the Twins and brought them within one. Minnesota ultimately took the lead in that same inning to go ahead 3-2, a margin that would hold.

Detroit's chances to retie the game eroded in the late innings, most critically in the bottom of the seventh and eighth. Hao-Yu Lee struck out against Andrew Morris in a spot that cost the Tigers 10.5 points of win probability, and Spencer Torkelson followed with a strikeout against Jeff Hoffman in the eighth that bled another 12.9 points from Detroit's dwindling chances. Yoendrys Gómez closed out the ninth for Minnesota, inducing a flyout from Ben Malgeri that, while generating a 31.6-point positive swing for the Tigers' perspective on paper, sealed the victory for the Twins as the final out of the game.

By individual contribution, Ben Malgeri led all batters at plus-38.3 points of win probability across the game despite the final flyout framing, with Kody Clemens posting plus-21.5 and Kevin McGonigle plus-18.2 on the strength of their respective home runs. On the mound, Jeff Hoffman led Minnesota's relief corps at plus-23.3 points of win probability, followed by Andrew Morris at plus-17.8 and Beau Brieske at plus-9.9. The DiamondIQ model had opened the game with a 52 percent home win probability for Detroit, and that number closed at zero.