The Twins’ dream of building some buyer’s momentum ahead of the trade deadline likely died on Sunday.
With a x-x loss to the Washington Nationals at Target Field, the Twins fell to 3-6 since returning from the all-star break on July 18, with only a three-game series with the Red Sox between them and the deadline on Thursday evening.
Four of those six losses have been to the two worst teams in baseball, Colorado and Washington — although with two wins this weekend, the Nationals pulled closer to the pack in the National League.
Minnesota Twins’ Harrison Bader reacts after hitting a double against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Alex Call, who drove in a pair of runs in the Nationals’ 9-3 victory on Saturday, hit a two-run single against a drawn-in infield as Washington broke open a tight game with four runs against Travis Adams in the fifth inning.
That made it 6-2, and sent Nathaniel Lowe to third base. Daylen Lile followed with a sacrifice fly to right field for a 7-2 lead. In the fourth inning, Lile hit a out-out triple off Adams and scored on a sac fly by Paul DeJong.
Adams (1-1) was charged with five earned runs on five hits and two walks in 3⅓ innings. He fanned three.
With Bailey Ober (hip) and David Festa (shoulder) both on the injured list, Cole Sands pitched the first two innings of a bullpen game. CJ Abrams his his first pitch for a home run for a quick 1-0 lead.
Matt Wallner’s 11th home run of the season tied the game 1-1 in the second inning, and Trevor Larnach tied it 2-2 with a sacrifice fly in the third that scored Harrison Bader, who had gone first to third on a groundout.
That was all the Twins could muster against starter Jake Irvin (8-5). The right-hander was charged with two earned runs on five hits in seven innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out two.
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