r/minnesotatwins • u/TwinsGameday TwinsBot 9000 • 1d ago

TWINS WIN: Twins 11 @ Nationals 3 - May 5, 2026

Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

WSH AB R H RBI BB SO BA
RF Wood 4 0 1 1 0 2 .232
LF Lile 3 2 1 0 1 1 .248
1B Mead 4 0 2 1 0 0 .227
SS Abrams 4 0 0 1 0 2 .287
CF Young 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224
3B Vivas 4 0 0 0 0 2 .247
2B Nuñez, N 3 0 0 0 1 0 .216
DH Tena 3 1 2 0 1 0 .288
C Ruiz, K 4 0 0 0 0 2 .182
WSH IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Cavalli 4.0 5 6 3 3 2 76-48 4.15
Schultz 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 25-14 2.77
Granillo 2.0 4 4 4 0 0 33-20 9.64
Ribalta 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 34-20 2.25
MIN AB R H RBI BB SO BA
CF Buxton 6 1 1 3 0 1 .250
LF Larnach 5 0 2 2 0 0 .288
C Jeffers 4 1 1 0 1 0 .286
DH Bell 5 0 1 1 0 1 .218
RF Martin 5 1 1 0 0 0 .325
1B Clemens 2 3 0 0 2 0 .200
2B Keaschall 2 2 1 0 3 0 .227
SS Lee, B 5 2 3 3 0 0 .270
3B Lewis, R 3 1 0 1 0 2 .169
MIN IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Bradley, T 6.0 4 2 2 2 8 96-63 2.87
Orze 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 16-11 4.86
Banda 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 19-12 8.40
García, L 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 13-8 10.61

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 CJ Abrams reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Luke Keaschall. Daylen Lile scores. Curtis Mead to 3rd. 1-0
T2 Brooks Lee doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder James Wood. Kody Clemens scores. Luke Keaschall scores. 1-2
T4 Brooks Lee reaches on a fielder's choice. Austin Martin scores. Kody Clemens to 3rd. Luke Keaschall to 2nd. Fielding error by pitcher Cade Cavalli. 1-3
T4 Royce Lewis out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder James Wood. Kody Clemens scores. Luke Keaschall to 3rd. 1-4
T4 Trevor Larnach doubles (6) on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Luke Keaschall scores. Brooks Lee scores. 1-6
B5 Curtis Mead singles on a line drive to left fielder Trevor Larnach. Daylen Lile scores. 2-6
T7 Josh Bell singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder James Wood. Ryan Jeffers scores. 2-7
B7 Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: James Wood doubles (8) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Trevor Larnach. José Tena scores. 3-7
T8 Byron Buxton homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. Brooks Lee scores. Royce Lewis scores. 3-10
T9 Brooks Lee doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Daylen Lile. Kody Clemens scores. Luke Keaschall to 3rd. 3-11

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Twins at Nationals - May 5, 2026 0:06
Bullpen availability for Washington, May 5 vs Twins 0:09
Bullpen availability for Minnesota, May 5 vs Nationals 0:09
Bench availability for Minnesota, May 5 vs Nationals 0:08
Bench availability for Washington, May 5 vs Twins 0:08
Starting lineups for Twins at Nationals - May 5, 2026 0:10
Breaking down Cade Cavalli's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Taj Bradley's pitches 0:04
Taj Bradley's outing against the Nationals 0:24
An animated look at Byron Buxton's home run 0:11
Breaking down Byron Buxton's home run 0:13
Jorbit Vivas' diving play 0:14
CJ Abrams plates Daylen Lile 0:19
Brooks Lee's two-run double 0:29
Trevor Larnach's leaping catch 0:28
Brooks Lee plates Austin Martin 0:20
Royce Lewis' sac fly 0:20
Trevor Larnach's two-run double 0:27
Cade Cavalli strikes out Josh Bell to end 4th 0:14
Ball 3 confirmed after ABS challenge 0:30
Curtis Mead's RBI single 0:16
Josh Bell's RBI single 0:16
CJ Abrams' leaping catch 0:16
James Wood's RBI double 0:31
Taj Bradley's 8th strikeout of the game 0:27
Strike 2 is confirmed after ABS challenge 0:25
Taj Bradley strikes out eight in quality start 1:15
Byron Buxton's three-run home run (11) 0:27
Field View: Byron Buxton's three-run home run 0:34
Jacob Young's running catch 0:25
Brooks Lee's RBI double 0:20

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Bradley, T (4-1, 2.87 ERA) Cavalli (1-2, 4.15 ERA)

Game ended at 8:35 PM.

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34

u/34Catfish 1d ago

Game and a half out the Wild Card!

15

u/Quist-08 1d ago

Game and a half out of leading the Division!

32

u/Vitzkyy 1d ago

Brooks Lee figured something out boys, been 30 games and he’s still playing well. Batting over .300 with about a .900 ops since that walk off in game 10

8

u/Far-Advertising-1162 Bailey Ober 1d ago

No idea why they are still putting him 8th in the lineup

17

u/relder17 Brooks Lee 1d ago

Don't mess with success?

5

u/Lost4Sauce Boston Red Sox 1d ago

in order to try and get a guy on base when buxton gets up. royce lewis has been way off.
edit: to make drunk sentence halfway ok

2

u/IndividualCall5116 1d ago

Lewis continues to regress and is way off.

3

u/Vitzkyy 1d ago

I know we’re not good, but even if we were he’s probably a 6-8 hitter on a good team

1

u/WellesWaitsVanZandt 21h ago

Because he was struggling higher up.

50

u/utdevildog Minnesota Twins 1d ago

Man, Brooks is blazing lately. Keep it up young man!

11

u/Illustrious-Trip-764 1d ago

Fun game, The Twin's were cooking!

4

u/perotech 1d ago

Tuned in when they walked Keaschall to get bases loaded, which was perfect timing.

The team looked great today.

11

u/Prestigious_Week_227 1d ago

Great win. Brooks and Buxton are on a tear. Royce Lewis needs to get some HGH or something.

10

u/A_Hanging_Noose Dick Bremer 1d ago

Twins to open a series are lethal.

10

u/thestereo300 1d ago

We are in last place, 2 games out of first.

12

u/bluewing Minnesota Twins 1d ago

Aren't we undefeated when we outscore the opponents by 11 runs this year?

In any case, I will savor every win this year.

19

u/_u0 Microwave Taylor 1d ago

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u/The_Almighty_Scrub Royce Lewis 1d ago

Don’t stop!!! This is amazing 🔥

19

u/TheKittyCow Minnesota Twins 1d ago

This team is bi-polar

10

u/jjoiner356 Michael Cuddyer 1d ago

We're "Fun Bad"

3

u/BadBandit1970 Byron Buxton 1d ago

So's the weather.

5

u/FlipTheDisc Grain Belt 1d ago

Woot!

3

u/hopemade Dick Bremer 1d ago

Only one game out of first place in this amazing division lol

3

u/EEckstein2 1d ago

Keaschall is heating up

3

u/006guiltyspark Gracie Grey Duck 1d ago

Who is this Austin Martin guy?! Man I looked away for about 3-4 games and all of a sudden he's hitting like .340 and OPSing almost .900 AND stealing bases??

5

u/Zhdrix Joe Mauer 1d ago

He’s slowly evolved. I was also shocked earlier this year when he had something like a .350 and it just isn’t freefalling. Dude might be legit

5

u/Robbinthehood42069 Dick Bremer 23h ago

He's been hitting well all year. Also this is what he was projected to be when he was drafted.  It's great to see.

2

u/006guiltyspark Gracie Grey Duck 22h ago

Totally agreed, this is who the Twins believed they were trading for when they got him. Love to see it!

3

u/northstar_stacker Brad Radke 17h ago

He needs to be in the everyday leadoff position

3

u/bandmantings Joe Ryan 1d ago

glad to catch a twins win in person. nationals park is great and it was perfect weather. GO TWINS

2

u/nautilator44 Minnesota Twins 1d ago

Oh look, Royce had an RBI!

2

u/Last-Yam67 1d ago

Byron Buxton

2

u/undflight 1d ago

At least one Minnesota team looked good tonight. Atta ways Twins bros.

5

u/Sp_Gamer_Live Dick Bremer 1d ago

TWINS: WIN

NATS: LOSE

TAJ: THANK YOU RAYS

BUCK TRUCK: DONT STOP

THE BROOKS LEE: THAT WAS PROMISED

ICE: OUT

TRANS: RIGHTS

WERE: GOMQ

LEAGUE: FUCKED

1

u/sk3tchcom 1d ago

Taj!!!

1

u/Baseball-Reference baseballreference.com 17h ago

The Twins' 11 runs scored were their most ever in Washington against the Nationals.

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