The Minnesota Twins squeaked out a win over the Detroit Tigers, 7 to 6, on April 2, 1997.

1997 Minnesota Twins

Final

DET

Tigers

0-2

6

MIN

Twins

2-0

7

DET

MIN

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

3

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

1

8

3

2

9

1

1

R

6

7

H

10

8

E

1

1

Bottom 3rd

DET

MIN

Twins

Chuck Knoblauch grounded out; Matt Lawton scored.

0

1

Twins

Single by Rich Becker; Ron Coomer scored.

0

2

Twins

Double by Paul Molitor; Rich Becker scored.

0

3

Top 4th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Home run by Bobby Higginson; Travis Fryman scored.

2

3

Bottom 7th

DET

MIN

Twins

Sacrifice fly by Chuck Knoblauch; Error by Damion Easley; Matt Lawton scored.

2

4

Top 8th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Single by Travis Fryman; Error by Rich Becker; Jody Reed scored.

3

4

Tigers

Single by Tony Clark; Damion Easley and Travis Fryman scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

DET

MIN

Twins

Home run by Greg Colbrunn; Terry Steinbach scored.

5

6

Top 9th

DET

MIN

Tigers

Home run by Matt Walbeck.

6

6

Bottom 9th

DET

MIN

Twins

Single by Marty Cordova; Pat Meares scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Damion Easley 2B,SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Travis Fryman 3B 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
Tony Clark 1B 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
Bobby Higginson LF 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Melvin Nieves RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Curtis Pride DH 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bubba Trammell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Walbeck C 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Deivi Cruz SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jody Reed PH,2B 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Totals 35 6 10 6 2 4 9 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Justin Thompson 6.0 3 4 4 4 5 0
Felipe Lira 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Myers 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Miceli 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 1
John Cummings 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Jones (L) 0.2 2 1 1 2 1 0
Totals 8.1 8 7 7 7 8 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Chuck Knoblauch 2B 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rich Becker CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Paul Molitor DH 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
Marty Cordova LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Terry Steinbach C 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Greg Colbrunn 1B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Matt Lawton RF 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Ron Coomer 3B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Denny Hocking PR,3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Meares SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 30 7 8 7 1 7 8 0 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frankie Rodriguez 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 1
Gregg Olson 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0
Greg Swindell 0.1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Naulty 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Aguilera (W) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals 9.0 10 6 6 4 9 2

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HR

7

Julien

Edouard Julien

RBI

13

Jeffers

Ryan Jeffers

AVG

.306

Correa

Carlos Correa

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

1

Alcala

Jorge Alcala

K

38

Ryan

Joe Ryan

ERA

3.45

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Team Rankings

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HR

26

10th

R

92

24th

SO

244

2nd

ERA

3.94

16th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 7 .720
Royals Royals
15 10 .600 3.0
Tigers Tigers
14 11 .560 4.0
Twins Twins
11 13 .458 6.5
White Sox White Sox
3 22 .120 15.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sat
4/27
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Mon
4/29
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Tue
4/30
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIN Twins

11-13

6

Final

3

CWS White Sox

3-22

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
5-0
Wed
4/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
7-5

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Thu
4/25
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM