Taj Bradley's Immaculate Inning for Twins

Key points

• The inning ended with a strikeout of Henry Bolte.
• MLB lists the play in the bottom of the fifth inning.
• Bradley struck out Henry Bolte in the bottom of the fifth on August 25 to complete the first immaculate inning in Twins history.

What happened

MLB’s highlight says Bradley struck out Henry Bolte to complete the first immaculate inning in Twins history. A separate Yahoo Sports video carried the same event description.

What an immaculate inning means

An immaculate inning is a half-inning in which a pitcher strikes out all three batters on nine pitches.

Why it matters

A nine-pitch, three-strikeout inning is a distinct pitching feat, which is why the official highlight focused on that moment.

What remains unknown

The available highlights do not establish the game’s full pitching line or how the feat compares with league-wide records.

The sequence

MLB’s highlight says Bradley struck out Henry Bolte to complete the first immaculate inning in Twins history. The play occurred in the bottom of the fifth inning on August 25. An immaculate inning consists of three strikeouts on nine pitches in one half-inning. The definition explains why the pitch count matters as much as the three outs.

Record scope

“First in Twins history” is a franchise claim in the MLB highlight. It does not by itself say that Bradley set a league-wide record or that no other pitcher had done it elsewhere. Yahoo Sports’ separately published video describes the same highlighted event, but The inning highlight does not include innings, pitch count, or runs for the full game.

What is still needed

A full box score would be needed to report Bradley’s innings, pitches, runs, and final result. Those details should not be inferred from the immaculate inning alone. The event remains a precise historical moment: nine pitches, three strikeouts, and the first such inning recorded for Minnesota.

Reader context

The highlight identifies the inning as a franchise milestone for Minnesota, while the separate video provides a visual account of the same sequence. Neither source changes the basic nine-pitch definition or supplies a complete postgame statistical record.

This account relies on the cited event highlights and does not attempt to reconstruct the complete game or broader league record book.