{"id":879329,"date":"2026-09-01T10:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879329\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:09:52","slug":"jeffers-hits-two-hrs-jenkins-has-first-mlb-hr-as-twins-defeat-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/879329\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffers hits two HRs, Jenkins has first MLB HR as Twins defeat Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Ryan Jeffers<\/a> had two homers, Walker Jenkins went deep for the first time in his major league career, and the Minnesota Twins<\/a> beat the Detroit Tigers<\/a> 11-1 on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Taj Bradley<\/a> (10-6) struck out nine in seven innings, his seventh outing with at least nine strikeouts. The 25-year-old right-hander allowed one run on four hits and allowed three walks.<\/p>\n

Jenkins, the Twins\u2019 fifth overall selection in the 2023 draft, had a two-run homer in the eighth off of position player Zach McKinstry<\/a> for his first big-league knock. The 21-year-old is the third-youngest player in baseball and was the top prospect in the Twins system before his call-up on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Twins led 2-0 through four innings after a sac fly and homer from Kody Clemens<\/a>. They scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to take a commanding lead.<\/p>\n

Jeffers\u2019 first homer was a 420-foot, three-run shot to left-center in the fifth. Brooks Lee<\/a> cleared the bases with a three-run single to right in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Lee was thrown out after trying to stretch a double, but the throw to second allowed Luke Keaschall<\/a> to score from first.<\/p>\n

Jackson Jobe<\/a> (1-2) allowed five runs, four earned, on six hits and struck out four in five innings.<\/p>\n

Hao-Yu Lee<\/a> accounted for the Tigers\u2019 only run with a towering homer into the Twins bullpen in the seventh. Lee\u2019s solo shot came off his bat at 109.6 mph and traveled 439 feet.<\/p>\n

Jeffers answered with his second homer of the game and 12th of the season, sending a low slider from Yilber D\u00edaz 384 feet into the bleachers in left.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Tigers RHP Troy Melton<\/a> (7-3, 1.86 ERA) faces Twins LHP Connor Prielipp<\/a> (3-7, 5.55) on Tuesday in the middle game of the three-game series.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here <\/p>\n

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