Washington Nationals top Twins 15-2 Wednesday night
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It turned out to be a beautiful day in the nation's capital as the rain clouds disappeared and the Washington Nationals found themselves a strong offensive win against the Minnesota Twins in a 15-2.
Despite the Twins striking first, the night belonged to the Nationals.
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After three silent innings, James Wood was the Nationals first base runner of the night after leading off the bottom of the fourth inning before stealing second. Curtis Mead also earned himself a walk to put two runners in scoring position for the Nats.
But it was CJ Abrams' double to center that allowed Wood to tie the game, 1-1. However, the Nationals weren’t able to bring all the base runners home after a flyout by José Tena to center stranded Mead on third and Abrams on second to close out the fourth inning.
The Twins regained control after Matt Wallner’s solo home run in the fifth inning but that would be the last lead that the away team would have the remainder of the night.
The Nationals wasted no time responding to the constant lead changes as they continued to put one run after another diminishing any chance for the Twins to secure a win.
It only took Drew Millas one pitch before he drilled the 86 mph four-seam fastball 398 feet to center for a two run homerun to put the Nationals up 3-2 over the Twins in the bottom of the fifth. For Millas, this was his first homerun of the year.
Abrams doubled to right to lead off the sixth inning followed by Brady House and his double to left to give Abrams the run for Nationals to be up 4-2 with no outs.
The runs continued to stack up for the Nationals. Of course, the cherry on top for the Nationals came in the eighth inning.
Abrams homered the 95 mph sinker to right center for a grandslam. This marks Abrams second career grand slam and his ninth home run of the season. The night was capped off after Tena’s solo home run.
Heading into tonight's match-up, Mikolas was 0-3 on the season with a 8.23 ERA. Through seven games the right-handed pitcher has 11 walks, 19 strikeouts, and 27.1 innings under his belt.
Mikolas was relieved by Mitchell Parker after 5.1 innings pitched. After 74 pitches, three hits, and two runs this was one of Mikolas best performances so far this season.
With tonight's win, the Nationals have a chance to clinch their first home game series win but in order for that to happen they will also need to win tomorrow afternoon's game.
The Nationals will wrap up the three-game home series at 1:05 p.m. before making their way down south as they take on the Miami Marlins. Game one starts at 7:10 p.m. on Friday.