After making a huge play earlier in the game, Byron Buxton exited the Twins game against the Nationals with concerning side soreness.

The outfielder, born in Burnsville before growing up in River Falls, joined the action with a pinch-hit RBI in the second inning of the Twins’ 9-3 loss.

Minnesota's pitching staff was able to continue the shutout against the Nationals. Danny Coulombe, Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran relieved Matthews with three straight dominant innings, and they allowed only three total hits as a pitching staff.

That includes Minnesota Twins' pitcher Joe Ryan. It's been an up and down career for the arm. But this season he's allowed 88 hits, notched 137 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.88 this season.

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Here's a look back at the five worst losses of the season for the Twins (so far). Just to be clear, there have been enough of these this year that a bunch of rough ones won't even make the list. This one hurt more because of the context of the games that had come before.

Zebby Matthews pitched a two-hitter over six scoreless innings for the Minnesota Twins in a 1-0 victory on Friday night over the Washington Nationals.

Riley Quick signed with the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday for a full slot value of $2,692,000 signing bonus following a standout season on the mound for the Alabama Crimson Tide.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/lsu as Top Shortstop in California, LSU Baseball Signee Inks Deal With Minnesota Twins. LSU signee Quentin Young came off the board in the second round of the 2025 MLB Draft after being selected with pick No. 54 by the Minnesota Twins.

Joe Ryan 5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (83 pitches, 59 strikes (74%) Home Runs: N/A Bottom 3 WPA: Ryan (-.212), Byron Buxton (-.106), Harrison Bader (-.084) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Minnesota Twins looked to keep the home stand rolling them back to the .