Minnesota Twins

3rdin AL Central · 73-84

Ugh, no.

Minnesota Twins lost to the San Francisco Giants

73-84 2 – 5

65-92

Final · Mon, Sep 21

Game Details

Oracle Park (San Francisco) · 27,466 fans · NBC Sports BA, MLB.TV, Twins.TV

Recap

Drew Gilbert's homer and 2-run single lead Giants past Twins 5-2 to end 3-game losing streak

Drew Gilbert homered and hit a two-run single, leading the San Francisco Giants past the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

Recap via ESPN

Oracle Park · San Francisco

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
SF	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	10	0

Win Probability · Minnesota Twins

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Minnesota Twins

Brooks Lee · 1-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Zebby Matthews · 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 9 K (L, 9-11)Pitching

San Francisco Giants

Drew Gilbert · 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 RBatting
Tristan Beck · 2.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 National League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Los Angeles	100	62	.617	-	W3
San Diego	91	71	.562	9	W2
Arizona	86	76	.531	14	L2
San Francisco	65	97	.401	35	L5
Colorado	58	104	.358	42	L1

Scoring

Top 8th

HR Rodriguez homered to center (411 feet).2–5

Bot 5th

HR Gilbert homered to right (375 feet).1–5

Top 4th

HR Lee homered to right center (387 feet). Umpire review: call on the field was upheld.1–4

Bot 2nd

1B Gilbert singled to left, Basabe scored and Koss scored.0–4

Bot 1st

1B B. Harris singled to center, Gilbert scored and Davidson scored.0–2

Team Stats

Minnesota TwinsSan Francisco Giants

Batting

4 Hits 10

2 Home Runs 1

1 Walks 0

8 Strikeouts 13

0 Stolen Bases 1

5 Left on Base 14

Pitching & Fielding

145 Pitches Thrown 134

0 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 3

Box Score

Minnesota Twins ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
W. JenkinsCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.212	12	.297	.379
L. KeaschallRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276	16	.367	.384
B. Lee3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	.253	19	.301	.434
K. Clemens2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.236	17	.297	.458
R. JeffersC	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.252	23	.351	.461
A. RodenDH	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.284	17	.360	.378
A. Sabato1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	8	.000	.000
E. RodriguezLF	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.194	9	.216	.472
R. KreidlerSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	13	.282	.380
Team	31	2	4	2	2	1	8		134

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Z. Matthews(L, 9-11)	5.0	8	5	5	9	1	100-65	4.90
T. Rogers	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	25-18	4.47
T. Adams	1.2	1	0	0	3	0	20-13	4.74
Team	8.0	10	5	5	13	1	145-96

San Francisco Giants ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
D. GilbertCF	4	2	3	3	1	1	.237	20	.327	.396
J. Cox2B	4	0	1	0	0	3	.280	14	.321	.424
B. DavidsonRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250	19	.250	.250
M. MayerDH	4	0	0	0	0	4	.215	25	.277	.306
B. Harris1B	4	0	2	2	0	1	.194	17	.306	.258
D. CavanaughC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.228	5	.318	.272
A. KniznerC	2	0	1	0	0	0	.219	6	.286	.359
O. Basabe3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.205	12	.266	.346
S. Whitcomb3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	0	.198	.320
S. BanduraLF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.158	14	.200	.211
T. HillLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	0	.336	.337
C. KossSS	3	1	1	0	0	1	.230	13	.273	.326
Team	33	5	10	5	1	13		145

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B. Tidwell	3.1	3	1	1	0	4	1	57-37	4.45
T. Beck(W, 1-0)	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	32-21	5.94
S. Hentges	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	20-13	3.41
J. Foley	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	9-8	4.50
T. Harris(S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	2.14
Team	9.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	134-89

Injury Report

San Francisco Giants

Keaton Winn RP60-Day-IL
Joel Peguero RP60-Day-IL
Adrian Houser SP60-Day-IL
Matt Gage RP60-Day-IL
Willy Adames SS10-Day-IL

Minnesota Twins

Walker Jenkins CFOut
Byron Buxton CF10-Day-IL
Jeff Hoffman RP15-Day-IL
Trevor Larnach LF10-Day-IL
Mike Paredes SP60-Day-IL

Minnesota Twins

Game Details

Recap

At the Plate LIVE

Line Score

Game Flow

Win Probability · Minnesota Twins

Game Leaders

2026 American League Central Standings

2026 National League West Standings

Scoring

Team Stats

Box Score

Injury Report

Starting Lineups

San Francisco Giants

Minnesota Twins

Roster

Schedule Add to calendar