Whats the Score of the Minnesota Twins Baseball Game?
Did you miss the Minnesota Twins baseball game? Check out the score and highlights here!
Introduction
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area which includes the two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C. in 1901 as one of the eight original teams of the American League, but was officially known as the Washington Senators until 1960 when they moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. They played their inaugural game at Target Field on April 12, 2010. Through 2019, the team has fielded 18 American League batting champions and 25 All-Star players
The Score of the game
The Minnesota Twins are currently playing the Baltimore Orioles. The game is in the bottom of the 9th inning and the score is 3-2, Minnesota Twins.
How the game was played
The game was played on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020. The Minnesota Twins were the home team and the Detroit Tigers were the away team. The starting pitchers were Michael Fulmer for the Tigers and Homer Bailey for the Twins. The game was a pitching duel through 3 innings, with each team scoring a run in the bottom of the 3rd. In the top of the 4th, Detroit’s catcher John Hicks hit a solo home run to give Detroit a 2-1 lead. Michael Fulmer then pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 4th inning. In the 5th inning, both teams went down in order. In the top of the 6th, Detroit scored 2 more runs on solo home runs by Harold Castro and Christin Stewart, making the score 4-1 in favor of Detroit. Homer Bailey then pitched a scoreless bottom of the 6th inning. In the 7th inning, Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez pitched a scoreless top half, and Twins reliever Trevor May did likewise in the bottom half. The score remained 4-1 through 8 innings. In the 9th inning, Twins closer Taylor Rogers pitched a scoreless top half, and Tigers closer Shane Greene did likewise in the bottom half, giving Detroit a 4-1 win.
Who won the game
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area comprising Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the former home of the franchise.
