The Minnesota Twins beat the Washington Nationals 11-3 on May 5, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Byron Buxton went 1-for-6 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Twins.
- Taj Bradley pitched 6.0 innings for the Twins, allowing 2 earned runs with 8 strikeouts.
- Curtis Mead went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Nationals.
- Cade Cavalli pitched 4.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Buxton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Martin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Royce Lewis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taj Bradley | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Banda | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Orze | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Abrams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| James Wood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Curtis Mead | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Tena | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cavalli | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Paxton Schultz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: TOR 3, MIN 4 · Next May 6, 2026: MIN 2, WSH 15
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous May 3, 2026: MIL 2, WSH 3 · Next May 6, 2026: MIN 2, WSH 15