The Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Apr 21, 2023 at Target Field.
Final · Target Field
Top performers
- Joey Meneses went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Trevor Williams pitched 6.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 2 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Joey Gallo went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Tyler Mahle pitched 6.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 1 earned run with 4 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeimer Candelario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominic Smith | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Meneses | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor Robles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Call | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Williams | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Minnesota Twins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Kepler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Gallo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Mahle | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jorge Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Griffin Jax | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Thielbar | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2023 season · Previous Apr 19, 2023: BAL 4, WSH 0 · Next Apr 22, 2023: WSH 10, MIN 4
- Twins · 2023 season · Previous Apr 20, 2023: MIN 5, BOS 11 · Next Apr 22, 2023: WSH 10, MIN 4