Twins fall in 12 innings, still take series from Tigers
The Twins lost a 12-inning finale to Detroit 11-6 but still took the series 2-1, moving to 67-73 and 3.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race.
Brooks Lee's 3-for-6 not enough in extras
The Twins' series with Detroit went to a 12-inning finale on September 2, and this time it broke the other way: the Tigers beat the Twins 11-6 to snap Minnesota's three-game winning streak. Dean Kremer started and worked 4.0 innings, allowing 6 hits and 4 earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts, and Brooks Lee went 3-for-6, but Jeff Hoffman's scoreless inning of relief (1.0 IP, 3 K) wasn't enough to hold it.
Tigers11-1Tigers15-2Tigers6-11The loss couldn't undo what the Twins had built the two nights before: an 11-1 win on August 31 and a 15-2 win on September 1, their second-most runs scored in a game all season, per Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com. Kody Clemens, Royce Lewis and Ryan Jeffers all homered in that blowout, with Clemens' shot the Twins' first on a 3-0 count since 2024, and Connor Prielipp threw five shutout innings. The split still gave Minnesota the series 2-1 and leaves them 67-73, 3-2 in their last five games and 3.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race, with an elimination number of 17.
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