Rangers edge Twins 6-2 in Saturday matchup

Final Score and Context

The Texas Rangers secured a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, September 26, 2026. The game took place at Target Field in Minneapolis, where 28,491 fans witnessed the action. After the contest, the Rangers improved their record to 80-81, while the Twins fell to 76-85. No playoff implications or series standings were officially recorded in the provided data for this specific matchup.

Scoring Sequence

The Twins took an early lead in the first inning. Keaschall scored on a groundout by Clemens, putting Minnesota up 1-0. The Rangers responded in the second inning with a four-run rally. Jansen singled to left, allowing Lopez to score on an error. Jansen then advanced to second on a throwing error. Carter doubled to right, scoring Jansen. Osuna followed with a double to right, bringing in Carter. Nimmo also doubled to right, scoring Osuna and extending the Rangers' lead to 4-1. In the fourth inning, Jansen homered to left for a 398-foot shot, making it 5-1. Burger added a 415-foot home run to center in the fifth, pushing the score to 6-1. The Twins managed a late run in the eighth inning when Bell singled to center, scoring Keaschall to end the game 6-2.

Pitching Performance

For the Rangers, Robert Garcia earned the win, improving his record to 2-1. He pitched 1.2 innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs, with no walks and no strikeouts. Jakob Junis pitched one inning, allowing one hit and no earned runs. Tyler Alexander pitched one inning, allowing two hits and one earned run, with one strikeout. Jacob Latz finished the game, pitching one inning without allowing hits, earned runs, or walks, while recording three strikeouts. Nathan Eovaldi started for Texas, pitching 4.1 innings. He allowed four hits and one earned run, issued two walks, and struck out three batters.

For the Twins, Bailey Ober took the loss, dropping to 7-7. He pitched five innings, allowing 10 hits and six earned runs, with one walk and five strikeouts. Travis Adams pitched two innings, allowing two hits and one walk, while striking out four batters.

Taylor Rogers pitched one inning, allowing one hit and striking out one. Yoendrys Gomez pitched one inning, allowing no hits and striking out one.

Sources

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