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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Nationals

2026-05-05 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 17844 · 82°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 16 mph, Out To RF · 2:48

Minnesota Twins defeated Washington Nationals 11–3. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — CJ Abrams reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Luke Keaschall. Daylen Lile scores. Curtis Mead to 3rd. Minnesota Twins took the lead in the 2nd — Brooks Lee doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder James Wood. Kody Clemens scores. Luke Keaschall scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Brooks Lee doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder James Wood. Kody Clemens scores. Luke Keaschall scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	3	1	11	10
WAS	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	6	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Byron Buxton CF	6	1	1	3	0	1
Trevor Larnach LF	5	0	2	2	0	0
Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	1	0	1	0
Josh Bell DH	5	0	1	1	0	1
Austin Martin RF	5	1	1	0	0	0
Kody Clemens 1B	2	3	0	0	2	0
Luke Keaschall 2B	2	2	1	0	3	0
Brooks Lee SS	5	2	3	3	0	0
Royce Lewis 3B	3	1	0	1	0	2

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	0	1	1	0	2
Daylen Lile LF	3	2	1	0	1	1
Curtis Mead 1B	4	0	2	1	0	0
CJ Abrams SS	4	0	0	1	0	2
Jacob Young CF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jorbit Vivas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nasim Nuñez 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Tena DH	3	1	2	0	1	0
Keibert Ruiz C	4	0	0	0	0	2

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Taj Bradley	6.0	4	2	2	2	8
Anthony Banda	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Garcia	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Eric Orze	1.0	2	1	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching