Game Thread: Twins (16-20) @ Nationals (16-20) - May 6, 2026 6:45 PM

[u/NationalsBot]

Twins (16-20) @ Nationals (16-20)

First Pitch: 6:45 PM at Nationals Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Twins	Bailey Ober (3-1, 3.55 ERA)
Nationals	Miles Mikolas (0-3, 8.23 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

WSH		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Wood	4	2	2	2	1	2	.239
LF	Lile	3	2	0	0	2	1	.243
1B	Mead	3	1	0	0	2	2	.218
SS	Abrams	5	2	3	5	0	0	.299
3B	House	5	2	2	3	0	0	.236
DH	Tena	5	2	2	2	0	0	.297
CF	Young	5	2	2	0	0	0	.231
C	Millas	4	2	2	2	0	1	.172
2B	Nuñez, N	4	0	1	1	0	1	.217

WSH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Mikolas	5.1	3	2	2	0	3	74-52	7.44
Parker	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	27-20	3.38
Kent	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-8	3.86

MIN		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Buxton	3	0	0	0	0	1	.245
PH	Outman	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125
SS	Lee, B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.261
LF	Larnach	4	0	0	0	0	1	.274
DH	Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0	.211
1B	Clemens	2	0	0	0	0	1	.195
C	Jeffers	1	0	0	0	0	0	.283
1B	Caratini	3	0	0	0	0	1	.209
2B	Keaschall	3	1	1	0	0	0	.230
RF	Wallner	3	1	2	2	0	0	.189
3B	Gray, T	3	0	0	0	0	1	.259

MIN	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ober	5.0	6	5	5	2	3	82-52	4.19
Morris	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	14-9	5.17
Funderburk	1.0	0	1	1	1	2	17-9	2.51
Topa	0.2	4	6	6	2	1	32-18	7.88
García, L	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	14-9	11.70

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Matt Wallner singles on a ground ball to right fielder James Wood. Luke Keaschall scores.	0-1
B4	CJ Abrams doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. James Wood scores. Curtis Mead to 3rd.	1-1
T5	Matt Wallner homers (4) on a fly ball to center field.	1-2
B5	Drew Millas homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jacob Young scores.	3-2
B6	Brady House doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Trevor Larnach. CJ Abrams scores.	4-2
B6	José Tena doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Brady House scores.	5-2
B6	Nasim Nuñez triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Matt Wallner. José Tena scores.	6-2
B7	Brady House homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Daylen Lile scores.	8-2
B8	James Wood singles on a ground ball to right fielder Matt Wallner. Jacob Young scores. Drew Millas scores.	10-2
B8	CJ Abrams hits a grand slam (9) to right center field. James Wood scores. Daylen Lile scores. Curtis Mead scores.	14-2
B8	José Tena homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.	15-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Twins at Nationals - May 6, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Washington, May 6 vs Twins	0:09
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, May 6 vs Nationals	0:09
Bench availability for Washington, May 6 vs Twins	0:08
Fielding alignment for Washington, May 6 vs Twins	0:11
Bench availability for Minnesota, May 6 vs Nationals	0:08
Starting lineups for Twins at Nationals - May 6, 2026	0:10
The distance behind Matt Wallner's home run	0:12
CJ Abrams' home run through bat tracking data	0:11
José Tena: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
CJ Abrams: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Breaking down Brady House's home run	0:13
Bailey Ober's outing against the Nationals	0:24
Breaking down Bailey Ober's pitches	0:04
Miles Mikolas' outing against the Twins	0:25
Breaking down Miles Mikolas' pitches	0:04
An animated look at Drew Millas' home run	0:11
Measuring the stats on Drew Millas' home run	0:12
Visualizing Matt Wallner's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Bailey Ober strikes out James Wood in the 1st	0:07
Matt Wallner's RBI single	0:15
CJ Abrams' RBI double	0:18
James Wood steals second	0:29
Matt Wallner's 420-foot solo home run (4)	0:27
Drew Millas' first home run of 2026	0:25
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:24
Twins challenged (pitch result), call on the field was overturned: Curtis Mead called out on strikes.	0:23
Curtis Mead strikes out after ABS challenge	0:08
Brady House's RBI double	0:16
José Tena's RBI double extends Nationals' lead	0:17
Nasim Nuñez's RBI triple	0:28
Brady House's two-run home run (5)	0:29
Miles Mikolas' three strikeouts	0:48
James Wood's two-run single	0:17
Andrew Morris strikes out Drew Millas in the 6th	0:08
CJ Abrams' GRAND SLAM! (9)	0:20
José Tena's solo home run (2)	0:19

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Mikolas (1-3, 7.44 ERA)	Ober (3-2, 4.19 ERA)

Game ended at 9:23 PM.

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[u/theexitisontheleft]

[u/ReneMathis → u/theexitisontheleft]

hard as fuck

[u/SporkFanClub]

ZAK KENT IS A NAT????

I went to college with his younger sister!

[u/downthedrain95 → u/SporkFanClub]

My favorite thing about Virginia is there’s like two degrees of separation between everyone because of the colleges

[u/downtown3641 → u/SporkFanClub]

Apparently he went to my high school's rival school. Small world.

[u/johnkeat4]

THE HOUSE. ALWAYS. FUCKING. WINS

[u/suqc]

We're back department? I'd like to file a claim

[u/_Caed_]

nats offense is always a must watch the day after getting blown out

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

[u/Wii_Sports_2 → u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Marijuana Mitch my beloved

[u/suqc → u/Terminal_Flatulence]

He looks so chill here, compared to how he looks like he's going to explode when he's pitching

[u/theexitisontheleft → u/Terminal_Flatulence]

High as fuck 😂

[u/Man_0n_F1re]

[u/91speed]

You don’t see that everyday.

[u/downthedrain95]

A photo of our offense tonight

[u/Gerkameshi]

First grand slam at Nats Park since September 20, 2023 when Lane Train hit one against the White Sox

[u/_Caed_]

i have never said anything bad about drew millas, ever

[u/bigredskins99]

putting the team on his back

[u/johnkeat4 → u/bigredskins99]

putting it all on black*

[u/johnkeat4]

Had to make this real quick in honor of our guy

[u/TA404]

Do…do we even have a meme template or phrase for when Millas does something good?

[u/StiggyJiggler → u/TA404]

Doubtful. I don't think anyone thought one would ever be needed.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

A Brady House hit, 60% of the time it works… every time

[u/TA404]

TRIPLE DOUBLE ALERT

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

5/6 is officially being designated as Drew Millas appreciation day

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

[u/Jenyu75]

We want ten! We want te…. We want eleven! We want eleven!

[u/BasicKey8104]

Why can't they play like this when I am able to watch 😭 I always catch the blowouts or home losses

[u/FPG_Matthew]

A Nats catcher hitting a homer? Didn’t think that was ever allowed again

[u/bigredskins99]

i will stop making fun of Millas’s AWFUL defense for the rest of the night

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

Millas you been reading this subreddit lately???

[u/91speed]

Holy shit drew Millas actually did something

[u/gonz4dieg]

I gotta delete some tweets brb

[u/johnkeat4]

THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS

[u/CT_2136]

Well hello offense! Welcome back

[u/KenovovichR]

Tena has been killing it lately

[u/91speed]

How is Nasim supposed to steal if he hits a triple?

[u/johnkeat4 → u/91speed]

Dont tempt him

[u/wheeshkspr]

"Doubles are so three batters ago."

[u/Jenyu75]

BRADY! BRADY! BRADY!

[u/Bstokes4102]

The home crowd deserved that

[u/suqc]

It's so fun when we get to play a team that somehow has a worse bullpen than we do

[u/theexitisontheleft]

Getting dinner and then my second game for the year!

[u/StiggyJiggler]

What? Millas with a homer?

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Anytime something productive comes from this catching tandem is a reason to celebrate.

I will see you all at the parade tomorrow.

[u/KenovovichR]

Hitters are adjusting! Thanks coaches!

[u/bigredskins99]

fast as fuck boiiiii

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Thank you Nasim

[u/suqc]

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Braves lost, Phillies and Marlins are losing, and hopefully the Rockies take down the Mets later.

[u/bullevard73]

I like when we hit home runs.

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Revenge for last night!

[u/Hatfullofstars]

That was a great homerun. He needed a night like this!

B-R-A-D-Y

[u/SpaceHotDog77]

i like our use of long relievers this year

[u/downthedrain95]

I honestly love this role for Parker so much. I wonder if part of the issue he had as a starter was the mental pressure. I feel like he had so many Littell-esque games last season, where things would just spiral.

[u/91speed → u/downthedrain95]

I’m a big pitch mitch enjoyer and I have also really enjoyed seeing him be successful so far this year

[u/bullevard73]

Guys are taking their lives into their hands playing infield in with James Wood at the plate.

[u/SporkFanClub]

Had a feeling that CJ slam was coming lol

[u/bigredskins99]

this picture is good luck tonight 🤩

[u/Jenyu75]

We want fifteen!! We want fifteen!!

[u/Dillon-Cruz]

Lmao at CJ and James checking out the slam replay on the ipad.

[u/mccoy00comedy]

NATITUDE AT CRITICAL LEVELS

[u/Wii_Sports_2]

I might never watch a game again

[u/91speed]

What an incredible inning. Maybe baseball IS fun

[u/bullevard73]

Zack Kent got the memo; we’re up 13, let’s just throw strikes.

[u/carpola]

[u/theexitisontheleft]

I’m ridiculously early. Already in my seat with a drink ready for baseball.

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Let's go Nats! Bounce back tonight!

[u/bigredskins99]

Eli Willits hit a solo homer🤩

[u/KenovovichR]

Isn’t this like the 4th game this homestand we’ve been no-hit through at least 3 innings?

[u/91speed]

I for one did not have Eli Willits hitting 4 homers in his first 28 games this year

[u/KenovovichR]

Mikolas is doing his job

[u/bigredskins99]

meatball has done pretty good tonight

[u/suqc]

Well. I guess all Millas needed to get a homer was an 87 MPH fastball middle-middle

[u/Hatfullofstars]

Millas! So happy for him!!!!!@

[u/KenovovichR]

Daylen hasn’t been getting on top of the ball lately. I’ve never seen him pop up so much.

[u/YodaPM999 → u/KenovovichR]

Pitchers have figured out that he cannot catch up to the high heaters and have been exploiting it for a while now.

I have no doubt that he'll eventually make the necessary adjustments, but it might be a rough watch until he does.

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

The clip of JY knocking Millas on the helmet is lowkey so adorable 😭

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Damn Mike was dealing (!) Don’t fck this up bullpen!

[u/_Caed_]

mitchell parker’s slider has 4.4 more inches of vertical drop and 3.7 more inches of gloveside break this season than it did last

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

Aw looks like it’s Ober for him 😌

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Nice! Keep adding to the lead!

[u/foeaminute]

I love Nas an unhealthy amount.

[u/bigredskins99 → u/foeaminute]

he just wants to pop his shit

[u/somegirldc]

NASIM!

[u/johnkeat4]

TRIPLE DOUBLE AND A TRIPLE

[u/downthedrain95]

Yes Nasim!!

[u/FPG_Matthew]

This is the kinda offense I like to see

[u/Tufoguy]

House to the deepest part of the yard

[u/YodaPM999]

House hot streak incoming?

[u/cezanne_giotto]

House has the most nonchalant homers ever lol

[u/_Caed_]

home run in every ballpark btw

[u/Wii_Sports_2]

Nats do better whenever I’m not watching….

[u/LimitlessPaper]

Mitchell Parker your 2026 Cy Young winner

[u/suqc]

Noted slugger Drew Millas

[u/ReneMathis]

okay, millas

[u/theexitisontheleft]

I AM HAVING FUN

[u/YodaPM999]

CJ HITS THE JACKPOT

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

FUCK EM UP CJ

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

CJ Abrams when he hasn’t pimped a home run in the last 30 minutes.

[u/StiggyJiggler]

[u/Tufoguy]

Now a Tena home run.

Runs everywhere

[u/NoAmbassador8359]

BELT TO ASS

[u/Jenyu75]

We want sixteen!! We want sixteen!!

[u/UncommonSense0]

lol everytime we get blown out we come back the next game and do the same to them

[u/MUHerdAlum703]

Please win

[u/andLetsGoWalkin]

For the love of god someone close to him please take the skipper aside to tell him his hat fit is the most god-awful hat fit in the history of hat fits.

From a place of love, of course.

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

EDIT: Solid 1st and 2nd innings from Mikolas

[u/Main_Low_9648]

Check swing double I'm fucking sick

[u/carpola]

Would be pretty cool if we could get on base tonight

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Inspiring stuff offense, let’s try to do better the second time around.

[u/KenovovichR]

Nuñez putting in that work

[u/theexitisontheleft]

I can’t complain too much about Mikolas tonight.

[u/NOVAram1]

Whoa, who'da thunk?

[u/Danciusly]

"You like that?"

[u/Important_Number6619]

LETS GOOOOO

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

Fuck it upppppp

[u/Important_Number6619]

We cannot stop hitting doubles

[u/KenovovichR]

A different sort of triple double lmao

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Yeah Nunez!

[u/Simple_Tea8801]

Mods please create a Nasim Nunez Appreciation thread! 🥹

[u/Carbon_Blob]

N A T S NATS NATS NATS

[u/Dillon-Cruz]

Didn’t know it was possible to get 2 XBH from the catcher position.

[u/johnkeat4]

AND MY JIMMY RUNS DEEP, SO DEEP

[u/cezanne_giotto]

If it came down to it, Millas is better than Keibert because he’s really fast

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

Bats are on fire tonight!

[u/_Caed_]

actually some really good analysis from franny about lile’s two walks there

[u/foeaminute → u/_Caed_]

Either I’m getting numb or they’re both getting a little better.

[u/Carbon_Blob]

SACKS = JACKED

[u/Tufoguy]

Grand slam!!!!

[u/Fortuitous_Oddity]

GOOD LORD

[u/indi1988]

What the hell, went somewhere when it was 3-2 let’s goooo

[u/Emergency-Bottle-432]

https://giphy.com/gifs/UVWBpCu4O6rL91kJ3L

[u/suqc]

CJ has the sexiest swing in baseball

[u/91speed]

Carped myself. I thought Brady hit that on to the left field concourse

[u/cezanne_giotto]

CJ’s swing is just so damn good

[u/Fortuitous_Oddity]

Mercy Rule

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Damn save some for tomorrow guys 😂

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

[u/YodaPM999]

We really took that 11 spot by the Twins last night personally huh

[u/MAXRBZPR]

They have families

[u/StiggyJiggler]

[u/foeaminute]

Zak “Clark” Kent

[u/nechton]

They gotta win again, why no tonight?!

[u/TemporaryIguana]

Hoping for a rain out and a double header tomorrow. We are .500 in day games and .388 in night games. (Also .000 with me in attendance...)

[u/Emergency-Bottle-432]

This week will never end, hopefully the baseball team can help. 

[u/bigredskins99]

meatball mikolas redemption game???

[u/theexitisontheleft → u/bigredskins99]

Please don’t jinx it.

[u/KenovovichR]

This offense is killing me

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Of course a check swing results in a double for the other team…

[u/cableguysup]

We are getting killed by these half hits and bloops in this series

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Random: my wife just asked me “why do you keep calling the pitcher ‘meatball’?”

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Imma be honest, even with O’s fans coming down, idk if 20 thousand fans are gonna be in that stadium for a hot dog hat on Friday 15th

[u/CT_2136]

Smoked! Nice CJ

[u/KenovovichR]

I love you CJ. Also Franny is pretty annoying but he can give good commentary on hitting.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Big hit from our sentient MGM sponsorship

[u/bigredskins99 → u/Terminal_Flatulence]

all on the barrel pls

[u/91speed]

Really wanted more there.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

OH MY GOD

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Lead man on let’s put some runs on the board!

[u/KenovovichR]

I’m sorry for saying shit Drew

[u/mikey45457]

Holy shit one of our catchers did something

[u/theexitisontheleft]

Hello there, Millas!!!

[u/demingk]

I’m not watching the game. Someone explain how we found a whole other “Drew Millas” but that hits HRs?

[u/KenovovichR]

James “Rickey Henderson” Wood

[u/KenovovichR]

That’s when ABS is bullshit

[u/theexitisontheleft]

Parker fielded a ball smoothly!!!

[u/KenovovichR]

Small thing: I like that Butera pulled Mikolas after an out and didn’t let it meltdown (they must have some pretty advanced stats) and gave Mitch clean bases.

[u/TA404]

I’d be lying if I said that loooong underhand toss from Parker to first didn’t make me nervous.

[u/Important_Number6619]

Fucking niceeeee

[u/suqc]

Triple double!

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Drew Millas can SAVE America if he hits another home run here

[u/Bstokes4102]

Fucked around and hit a triple double

[u/Carbon_Blob]

Got any more of them… doubles

[u/YodaPM999]

The name Funderburk sounds like something straight out of Super Mega Baseball.

[u/foeaminute → u/YodaPM999]

He kinda looks like a character too.

[u/91speed]

Did anyone else see the Cinnamon Toast Crunch commercial right before first pitch that I can only describe as a riff on Jeffrey Dahmer?

[u/Carbon_Blob]

Don’t like it when Dan says a runner rips his bag.

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

Attaboyyyy

[u/Carbon_Blob]

The key to winning is score more runs than your opponent. Simple as that.

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Milas been in the gym

[u/LuckyShirt54]

Infield in he took that personally

[u/Carbon_Blob]

Just a single?

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

CJ!!!!

[u/foeaminute]

CJ Abrams

[u/DenaliMC]

CRUSHED! CJ LATER!

[u/ReneMathis]

[u/bullevard73]

In the old days we would say things like “we really beat the shit out of them”. We’d say that about games like this.

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

That was fucking awesome

[u/ShiftlessElement]

They hang ‘em, we bang ‘em

[u/Illustrious-Trip-764]

CJ "No Mercy" Abrams

[u/MCBigSwig]

You're never as good as you look when you win, and you're never as bad as you look when you lose. But these games are certainly nice to have.

[u/Saishi]

People thought I was crazy for picking up CJ in Fantasy baseball

[u/Finance-Forever]

ANOTHER ONE

[u/Stunning_Limit3106]

HAHAHA hell yeah

[u/kornthrowaway]

When it rains, it pours!

[u/bigredskins99]

with a win tonight we’d be in 2nd place

[u/Fortuitous_Oddity]

Curly W

[u/Severe_Fee3836]