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Twins Beat Nationals 1-0 Behind 2-Hitter over 6-Inning Start by Zebby Matthews
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUL 25 – The series opens with pitching matchups featuring MacKenzie Gore and Zebby Matthews as both teams aim to improve their MLB standings this season.
- On Friday the Minnesota Twins host the Washington Nationals in Minneapolis at 8:10 p.m. EDT, marking the first meeting this season.
- With a 49-53 overall mark, the Twins seek momentum while the Nationals sit at 41-61, all to avoid becoming sellers before Thursday’s 5 p.m. trade deadline.
- The odds favor the Twins at-142 with an 8½-run over/under, the Nationals are 29-10 when scoring at least five runs, and Minnesota is 37-15 in games with eight or more hits.
- Zebby Matthews delivered a two-hitter over six scoreless innings, Byron Buxton’s sacrifice fly supplied the lone run, and MacKenzie Gore walked six while allowing one hit in five innings.
- With five more home games before Thursday, Mitchell Parker pitches Saturday for the Nationals, Joe Ryan starts for the Twins, and Minnesota has five more home games before Thursday’s trade deadline.
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Detroit Lakes Online
Zebby Matthews bounces back in Twins’ 1-0 victory over Nationals
Zebby Matthews’ stuff is so good, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said, that his biggest challenge in the majors will be figuring out how to use it. In the minors, his manager said before Matthews’ start Friday against the Washington Nationals, could just throw his stuff in the zone and get hitters out. Not so in the majors. That was apparent in his last start, his sixth this season, when he was tagged for 5 earned runs on eight hits in four inning…
Twins beat Nationals 1-0 behind 2-hitter over 6-inning start by Zebby Matthews
Zebby Matthews pitched a two-hitter over six scoreless innings in the best start of his career and the Minnesota Twins started a pivotal homestand with a 1-0 victory over a wild MacKenzie Gore and the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Marietta Daily JournalTwins' Zebby Matthews and three relievers blank Nationals
Zebby Matthews pitched six scoreless innings, Byron Buxton drove in the game's lone run, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 1-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night in Minneapolis.
Zebby Matthews baffles Nationals in Twins’ 1-0 victory
Zebby Matthews’ stuff is so good, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said, that the young right-hander’s biggest challenge in the majors will be figuring out how to use it. In the minors, his manager said before Matthews’ start Friday against the Washington Nationals, the right-hander could just throw his stuff in the zone and get hitters out. Not so in the majors. That was apparent in his last start, his sixth this season, when he was tagged for five…
Matthews stymies Nats with 6 scoreless frames in Twins' victory
MINNEAPOLIS -- With three starting pitchers currently on the injured list, the Twins urgently need their healthy arms to step up. Zebby Matthews did that and then some on Friday night. Matthews turned in easily the finest start of his young Major League career, dominating the Nationals over six innings
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