Minnesota 5, at Washington 7

WASHINGTON (Interstat) — 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 afternoon at Nationals Park. Ruiz’s solo home run off John Klein in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 5-5 tie, and Curtis Mead followed with an RBI single later in the frame to provide the final margin. PJ Poulin earned the win in relief, tossing a scoreless inning with two strikeouts, and Gus Varland recorded the final four outs for his fourth save of the season. The win evened the… Read more...