SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JULY 31: Royce Lewis #23 of the Minnesota Twins reacts after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on July 31, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Olivia Vanni/Getty Images) | Getty ImagesWhile in Seattle last summer, one thing I noticed at their ballpark was a preponderance of Nintendo advertisingfrom player sleeves to wall signs to between-inning ads. Well, tonightokay, now last nightthe Minnesota Twins navigated all the platform stages and slid down the flagpole victorious!After Twins bats went down 1-2-3 in the top of the first inning, MN SP Zebby Matthews struck out the side in B1. The problem? Zebbys Ks were sandwiched around two walks (both on four pitches) and RBI doubles from Dominic Canzone & Cal Raleigh. 2-0 SEA.Fortunately, tonight the Twins didnt wait until the ninth inning to start scoring. After a leadoff walk drawn by Josh Ring The Bell against Seattle SP Bryce Miller, with two outs Brooks General Lee smashed a sphere 367 feet and beyond T-Mobile Parks RF fence! 2-2 tie.The Zebster looked to be cruising through a much easier second inning of workuntil Cole Young deposited one over the RF wall not far from where Lees launch landed. 3-2 SEA.In T5, Luke Keaschall coaxed a free base off Millerbut was summarily picked off and any potential rally fizzled. Meanwhile, after those rough first two frames, Zebulon settled down and racked up 10 punch outsa career highthrough five frames. After allowing a bloop base hit to Julio Rodriguez to lead off B6, Matthews exited in favor of Kody Funderburk.The long ball continued to be the scoring method of choice, this time the pendulum swinging back in the vistors favor when Royce Royce Baby Lewis rocketed a 419-ft bomb deep to LF! After that, a simple Alan Roden single was pushed around a few left turns when Keaschall deposited a double just inside the LF line. 4-3 MIN.Back to homers in T8this time 372 feet worth from Ryan My Name Is Jeffers! 5-3 MIN.See: Zachs Zealot below for more on this, but the combo platter of Fundy, Nance, Morris, & Gomez kept the Ms off the board the rest of the way. A little drama in B9 when two Gomez walks almost haunted, but old friend Mitch Garver proved to be new friend Mitch Garver in waving at strike three for the Game Over kill screen.Your Final: Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 3.Ladies and gentlemen, YOUR 26 Minnesota Twins are a winning ball club for the first time since April 21! Now tied with the Cleveland Guardians for 2nd place in the AL Central & the final AL Wild Card berth, the Twins are also just 3 GB of the Chicago White Sox for the division lead!Zachs ZealotThe MN bullpen: 4 IP, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K.Zachs ZombieTwins GM Jeremy Zoll: I wont blame Tristan Gray himself for being overmatched at the dish at the major league levelbut I will blame Zoll for calling him up to replace Byron Buxton (IL) when Walker Jenkins was right there.Egg-cellent ElocutionJames Fillmore providing as good an explanation as any for why Gray is on this roster.Whos Got NextTwo more with the seafarers this weekend (Saturday & Sunday @ 3:10 PM). Maybe all their fans will be distracted by the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks starting their training camp.