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Washington Post
2 days ago
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- Washington Post
CJ Abrams hits a leadoff homer and steals 3 bases as the Nationals beat the Twins 7-2
MINNEAPOLIS — CJ Abrams hit a leadoff homer, stole three bases and scored three runs as the Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Sunday. Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-5), a Twin Cities native pitching at Target Field for the first time, gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings. Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with an RBI.
CBS News
2 days ago
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- CBS News
Twins lose third consecutive series after 7-2 loss to Nationals
CJ Abrams hit a leadoff homer, stole three bases and scored three runs as the Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Sunday. Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-5), a Twin Cities native pitching at Target Field for the first time, gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings. Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with an RBI. Matt Wallner homered and Harrison Bader had two hits for Minnesota, which has lost six of nine since the All-Star break. Daylen Lile tripled and scored on Paul DeJong's sacrifice fly in the fourth to put the Nationals on top 3-2. Washington broke it open with four runs in the fifth off Travis Adams (1-1), keyed by Alex Call's two-run single. Abrams hit the first pitch of the game from Twins opener Cole Sands for his 14th home run of the season. After the Twins tied it on Wallner's second-inning homer, Abrams manufactured a run for the Nationals. He led off the third inning with a single, stole second and third and scored on Luis García Jr.'s sacrifice fly. Minnesota tied it again on Trevor Larnach's sacrifice fly in the bottom half. Leading 4-2, the Nationals loaded the bases with one out in the fifth. Call hit a grounder up the middle that second baseman Brooks Lee was ready to turn into an inning-ending double play. Instead, the ball skipped off the side of the mound and caromed over Lee's head for a two-run single. Abrams has five leadoff homers this year and 12 in 470 career games. Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.14 ERA) will take the mound for the Twins on Monday as they open a three-game series against visiting Boston. The Nationals travel to Houston, where Brad Lord (2-5, 3.39) will start on Monday.
Reuters
3 days ago
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- Reuters
CJ Abrams helps Nationals cruise past Twins
July 27 - CJ Abrams went 2-for-3 with a homer, and the Washington Nationals pulled away for a 7-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Alex Call drove in two runs for Washington, which completed back-to-back wins to secure a series victory. Daylen Lile tripled and drove in a run. Matt Wallner hit a solo home run for Minnesota, which dropped to 3-6 since returning from the All-Star break. Harrison Bader went 2-for-3 with a double. Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin (8-5) limited the Twins to two runs on five hits in seven innings. He walked none and struck out two, and he threw 63 of 86 pitches for strikes. The outing marked a homecoming for Irvin, who grew up in the nearby suburb of Bloomington, Minn. It was his first big-league start in Minnesota, and he pitched in front of dozens of friends and family members who watched him from the stands. Twins right-hander Travis Adams (1-1) surrendered five runs on five hits in 3 1/3 innings. He was one of six pitchers who took the mound as part of a bullpen game for the Twins, who used right-hander Cole Sands as the opener for the first two innings. Abrams set the tone on the first pitch of the game. He belted a 418-foot shot over the wall in right-center field for his 14th homer of the season. The Twins evened the score on Wallner's solo shot in the second. It was his 12th homer. The back-and-forth battle continued as each team scored a run in the third. Luis Garcia Jr. hit a sacrifice fly for the Nationals, and Trevor Larnach did the same for Minnesota. The Nationals' Paul DeJong provided the go-ahead RBI with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Washington broke the game open with four runs in the fifth. Josh Bell hit an RBI single to the opposite field, Call followed with a two-run single to center, and Lile finished the rally with a sacrifice fly to center. The Twins played without All-Star outfielder Byron Buxton, who left Saturday's game because of soreness in his left side. Buxton underwent testing on Sunday but the team did not provide an update on his status. --Field Level Media
Washington Post
3 days ago
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- Washington Post
Back home in Minnesota, Jake Irvin blocks out the noise in another Nats win
MINNEAPOLIS — They stood and cheered. They waved their hands. They called his name. Jake Irvin's friends and family members did everything possible to get the 28-year-old to look up. But he wouldn't budge. The Washington Nationals right-hander, who was making his first major league start in his home state of Minnesota, just kept looking down. Irvin clearly was doing his best to block out the noise Sunday afternoon — and he found a way to get it done, allowing two runs in seven innings of a 7-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Al Arabiya
3 days ago
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- Al Arabiya
Cj Adams hits a leadoff homer and steals 3 bases as the nationals beat the twins 7-2
CJ Abrams had two hits including a leadoff homer, stole three bases, and scored three runs on Sunday as the Washington Nationals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2. Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-5), a Twin Cities native pitching at Target Field for the first time, gave up two runs on five hits over seven innings. Josh Bell went 3 for 4 with an RBI. Matt Wallner homered and Harrison Bader had two hits for Minnesota, which has lost six of nine since the All-Star break. Daylen Lile tripled and scored on Paul DeJong's sacrifice fly in the fourth to put the Nationals on top 3-2. Washington broke it open with four runs in the fifth off Travis Adams (1-1), keyed by Alex Call's two-run single. Abrams hit the first pitch of the game from Twins opener Cole Sands for his 14th home run of the season. After the Twins tied it on Wallner's second-inning homer, Abrams manufactured a run for the Nationals. He led off the third inning with a single, stole second and third, and scored on Luis García Jr.'s sacrifice fly. Minnesota tied it again on Trevor Larnach's sacrifice fly in the bottom half. Key moment – Leading 4-2, the Nationals loaded the bases with one out in the fifth. Call hit a grounder up the middle that second baseman Brooks Lee was ready to turn into an inning-ending double play. Instead, the ball skipped off the side of the mound and caromed over Lee's head for a two-run single. Key stat – Abrams has five leadoff homers this year and 12 in 470 career games. Up next – Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.14 ERA) will take the mound for the Twins on Monday as they open a three-game series against visiting Boston. The Nationals travel to Houston, where Brad Lord (2-5, 3.39) will start on Monday.
