Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals
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Nationals beat Reds 5-3 in completion of suspended game
Washington led 3-0 when Wednesday night's game was suspended in middle of the fourth inning following a rain delay of 3 hours, 4 minutes.
The interrupted game resumed ahead of Thursday night's scheduled game, which was shortened to seven innings under pandemic doubleheader rules. Sonny Gray (0-3) was to start for Cincinnati and Stephen Strasburg (1-1) for the Nationals.
Austin Voth (1-0) allowed two hits in two scoreless innings after Joe Ross had pitched four scoreless innings on Wednesday.
“For me, I tried to treat it like I was coming out of the bullpen,” said Voth, who has 21 starts over his big league career but none this season.
“Today kind of felt normal,” he added latter. “Like I was preparing for a day game. It didn't seem too weird.”
Daniel Hudson allowed two inherited runners to score in a three-run eighth, and Brad Hand worked the ninth for his eighth save in 10 chances.
Nick Castellanos and Tucker Barnhart singled in runs for the Reds, and Kyle Farmer added a sacrifice fly. Jesse Winker had four hits.
“We didn't quit,” Barnhart said. “We put some good at-bats together in the eighth. We just couldn't get anything going in the ninth.”
Ross and Starlin Castro singled in runs Wednesday, and Alex Avila drew a bases-loaded walk off Jeff Hoffman (3-4), who gave up two runs, two hits and five walks in 1 1/3 innings.
TRAINERS ROOM
Reds: Hoffman, who was placed on the 10-day injured list after he left Wednesday's game with shoulder soreness, returned to Cincinnati and was evaluated. “He has a shoulder impingement,” manager David Bell said. “It's not going to require surgery. He's going to have an aggressive rehab on it and try to get back as quick as he can.” Cincinnati recalled LHP Cionel Perez from Triple-A Louisville. He opened Thursday's action with a perfect fourth inning.
Nationals: RHP Tanner Rainey was activated from the COVID-19 injured list and RHP Kyle McGowin was optioned to Triple-A Rochester. Rainey came on to start the eighth, allowing three runs and three singles without retiring a batter. ... RHP Erick Fedde has been cleared to participate in baseball activities on Friday but remains on the COVID-19 injured list. “He's missed some time,” manager Dave Martinez said of Fedde, whose last start came on May 16. “We've got to figure out a good game plan for him to keep him healthy.”
UP NEXT
Reds:: RHP Vladimir Gutiérrez makes his major league debut Friday at Wrigley Field.
Nationals: LHP Jon Lester (0-2) starts Friday against Milwaukee.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Castellanos grounded into fielder's choice to third, Winker out at second. |
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9th Inning | Winker reached on infield single to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Suárez grounded out to first. |
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9th Inning | Blandino grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Blandino hit for Schrock |
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9th Inning | Hand relieved Hernández |
Statistics
 CIN |
 WSH |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 16 | Ground Balls | 12 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 11 | Hits | 9 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 3 |
| 2 | Walks | 6 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 5 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 36 | At Bats | 33 |
| 0 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 14 | Runners Left On Base | 19 |
| 0 | Triples | 1 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 0 |
| 14 | Fly Balls | 14 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 163 | Pitches | 144 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 3 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 11 | Total Bases | 11 |
| 39 | Plate Appearances | 39 |
| 0.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 0 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 4.2 | Runs Created | 5.5 |
| .306 | Batting Average | .273 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .500 |
| .306 | Slugging Percentage | .333 |
| .083 | Secondary Average | .333 |
| .333 | On Base Percentage | .385 |
| .639 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .718 |
| 1.1 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.9 |
| 4.4 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 6.2 |
| 24.0 | Batter Rating | 34.5 |
| 0.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 4.18 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.69 |
| .000 | Isolated Power | .061 |
| 0.29 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.86 |
| .051 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .154 |
| -.222 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .061 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
| 0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 80.0 | MLB Rating | 83.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 7,343 | Capacity: