Ryan Doumit

On a day that had already featured a pair of marathon games elsewhere in baseball and a doubleheader the next day, the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals needed to end extra innings in a hurry. Ryan Doumit made sure they did.

Samuel Deduno allowed four hits over six-plus innings and Ryan Doumit went 2-for-4 with a home run and an RBI single

The Twins have rediscovered the grit they generally lacked while losing a combined 195 games in 2011 and 2012. Scott Diamond pitched six shutout innings and Josh Willingham hit one of Minnesota’s four home runs as the Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 10-0 Sunday, their seventh victory in nine games since dropping 10 straight in mid-May.

Ryan Doumit’s two-run triple off Tom Wilhelmsen with one out in the ninth inning sent the Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, and gave former South Dakota State star Caleb Thielbar his first major league win.

Joe Mauer had two hits, two RBIs and one of Minnesota’s four home runs to help the Twins beat the slumping Milwaukee Brewers 8-6 on Thursday night.

Ryan Doumit doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning on Alexei Ramirez’s throwing error to give the Minnesota Twins a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. .

Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer to move into at least a tie for the lead in all three triple crown categories and Justin Verlander struck out eight in seven innings to help the Detroit Tigers stay in front in the AL Central with a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.

Ryan Doumit had four RBIs for Minnesota, including the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning to help the Twins beat Detroit 4-2 on Friday and keep the Tigers from moving any closer to the AL Central title.

Minnesota pitcher P.J. Walters gave up six runs on seven hits in just four innings and left fielder Ryan Doumit committed three errors in the eighth inning to help Kansas City pull away from the Twins Wednesday night at Target Field.