Minnesota Twins at Washington Nationals
Final
Recap
WASHINGTON -- 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.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteWSH -122 · 53% to win
WonRun LineWSH -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 9 · 12 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
11Hits8
1Home runs1
4Walks4
8Strikeouts5
0Stolen bases1
138Pitches thrown168
5Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor LarnachDH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Keaschall2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan JeffersC | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Byron BuxtonCF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brooks LeeSS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tristan Gray3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh BellPH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kody Clemens1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt WallnerRF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Victor CaratiniPH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| James OutmanPR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Austin MartinLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John KleinP | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Simeon Woods RichardsonP | 4.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor RogersP | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony BandaP | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |