The Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on May 7, 2026 at Nationals Park.
Final · Nationals Park
Top performers
- Ryan Jeffers went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Twins.
- Simeon Woods Richardson pitched 4.1 innings for the Twins, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Nationals.
- Jake Irvin pitched 5.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Martin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Buxton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Larnach | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Jeffers | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brooks Lee | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Wallner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luke Keaschall | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Bell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Outman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kody Clemens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simeon Woods Richardson | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Banda | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Curtis Mead | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Tena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daylen Lile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brady House | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| James Wood | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Irvin | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Gus Varland | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Twins · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: MIN 2, WSH 15 · Next May 8, 2026: MIN 4, CLE 6
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous May 6, 2026: MIN 2, WSH 15 · Next May 8, 2026: WSH 3, MIA 2