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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Nationals

2026-05-06 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 17444 · 72°F, Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Out To RF · 2:34

Washington Nationals defeated Minnesota Twins 15–2. Minnesota Twins opened the scoring in the 3rd — Matt Wallner singles on a ground ball to right fielder James Wood. Luke Keaschall scores. Washington Nationals took the lead in the 5th — Drew Millas homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jacob Young scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Drew Millas homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jacob Young scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3
WAS	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	7	0	15	14	1

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
James Outman PH	1	0	0	0	0
Byron Buxton CF	3	0	0	0	1
Brooks Lee SS	4	0	0	0	0
Trevor Larnach LF	4	0	0	0	1
Josh Bell DH	4	0	0	0	0
Kody Clemens 1B	2	0	0	0	1
Ryan Jeffers C	1	0	0	0	0
Victor Caratini 1B	3	0	0	0	1
Luke Keaschall 2B	3	1	1	0	0
Matt Wallner RF	3	1	2	2	0
Tristan Gray 3B	3	0	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Wood RF	4	2	2	2	1	2
Daylen Lile LF	3	2	0	0	2	1
Curtis Mead 1B	3	1	0	0	2	2
CJ Abrams SS	5	2	3	5	0	0
Brady House 3B	5	2	2	3	0	0
Jose Tena DH	5	2	2	2	0	0
Jacob Young CF	5	2	2	0	0	0
Drew Millas C	4	2	2	2	0	1
Nasim Nuñez 2B	4	0	1	1	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Justin Topa	0.2	4	6	6	2	1
Bailey Ober	5.0	6	5	5	2	3
Kody Funderburk	1.0	0	1	1	1	2
Luis Garcia	0.2	2	2	2	0	0
Andrew Morris	0.2	2	1	1	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching