{"id":691408,"date":"2026-05-06T01:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/691408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:27:38","slug":"washington-nationals-vs-minnesota-twins-game-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/691408\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals vs Minnesota Twins Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nats have a bad home record at 4-12. However, part of that is due to the teams they have played. They have already faced the Dodgers<\/a>, Braves and Brewers at Nats Park. Now, they will get a lighter touch against the Twins. They need to take advantage of this and boost their home record.<\/p>\n

With Luis Garcia Jr.<\/a> nursing a wrist injury, Curtis Mead<\/a> will be at first base against a righty. Daylen Lile<\/a> will hit second, with Blake Butera looking to get his left fielder going. Jorbit Vivas<\/a> will get the nod at third base over Brady House<\/a>. Keibert Ruiz<\/a> will be behind the plate after showing some signs of life with the bat in the Brewers series. Cade Cavalli<\/a> has struck out 10 in back to back starts, and he gets the ball tonight.<\/p>\n

The Twins lineup is headlined by their leadoff hitter Byron Buxton<\/a>. We will also get to see fan favorite Josh Bell<\/a> back at Nationals Park. I am sure he will get a nice little ovation. Catcher Ryan Jeffers<\/a> has been one of the Twins hottest hitters lately and he will hit third. Taj Bradley<\/a> is finally translating his excellent stuff into results this year, and will be a tough pitcher for this Nats lineup to crack.<\/p>\n

Game Info:<\/p>\n

Stadium: Nationals Park<\/p>\n

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Time: 6:45 PM EST<\/p>\n

TV: Nationals.TV<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio: 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

This series is an opportunity for the Nats to build momentum, but it is also a potential land mine. The Twins are going to view this as a get right series as well. This is a matchup of two evenly matched teams and I am excited to see it. Follow along in the comments down below and let\u2019s go Nats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nats have a bad home record at 4-12. However, part of that is due to the teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[5,20666,2223,3573,6524,15065,6418,39,1825,3541,2101,911,59,60,4,415,3628,27967,24906,1252,763,3538,4131,414,71,4222],"class_list":["post-691408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-nationals","tag-baseball","tag-brady-house","tag-byron-buxton","tag-cade-cavalli","tag-curtis-mead","tag-daylen-lile","tag-dc","tag-dodgers","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-josh-bell","tag-keibert-ruiz","tag-luis-garcia-jr","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-minnesota-twins","tag-mlb","tag-nationals","tag-nationals-park","tag-nats-park","tag-richard-lovelady","tag-ryan-jeffers","tag-taj-bradley","tag-the-nats","tag-the-twins","tag-washington","tag-washington-nationals","tag-washingtonnationals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116525035944638316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}