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05/07 15:09 CDT Ruiz powers the Nationals past the Twins 7-5 with a go-ahead
7th-inning homer and 4 RBIs
Ruiz powers the Nationals past the Twins 7-5 with a go-ahead 7th-inning homer
and 4 RBIs
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) --- Keibert Ruiz homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs
to lift the Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on
Thursday.
Ruiz's solo shot off John Klein (0-1) broke a 5-all tie in the seventh, and
Curtis Mead added an RBI single later that inning. PJ Poulin (3-0) won in
relief, and Gus Varland got four outs for his fourth save.
Ryan Jeffers homered for Minnesota.
Brooks Lee opened the scoring with a two-run single for the Twins in the
second, but Kody Clemens was thrown out at home by center fielder Jacob Young
when he tried to score on Tristan Gray's flyout. That was one of several
crucial mistakes by Minnesota.
With two out in the third, Austin Martin rounded third too far on Jeffers'
double, getting caught in a rundown for the third out. Then Washington tied it
when Ruiz doubled home Young and scored on Nasim Nuez's sacrifice fly.
Gray put the Twins up 3-2 with a run-scoring single in the fifth, but Ruiz hit
a two-run double in the bottom half, and with the bases loaded and one out,
second baseman Luke Keaschall and right fielder Matt Wallner let Mead's popup
fall between them, enabling another run to score.
Jeffers' solo shot in the sixth made it 5-4, but reliever Orlando Ribalta
struck out Byron Buxton with the bases loaded to keep Washington ahead. After
pinch-hitter Josh Bell tied it with an RBI double in the seventh, Ruiz and the
Nats answered with two quick runs.
Up next The Twins open a three-game series at Cleveland on Friday night. LHP Connor Prielipp (1-0) starts for Minnesota against LHP Parker Messick (3-1). Washington starts a three-game set at Miami. LHP Foster Griffin (3-1) takes the mound for the Nationals against LHP Robby Snelling. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB |
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