Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers

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Washington Nationals

32-36, 19-19 Away

Final
2 - 7

Detroit Tigers

33-35, 16-19 Home

Nathaniel Lowe's 3-run triple helps Nationals past AL-leading Tigers 9-4 for a doubleheader split

Josh Bell had three RBI for Washington, which won at home for only the second time in 11 games since June 7.

Jahmai Jones drove in two for AL-leading Detroit. The Tigers had won three in a row, including an 11-2 victory in the first game as Riley Greene hit two homers and tied a career high with six RBI.

Detroit had retired 13 consecutive Nationals when Tommy Kahnle (0-1) entered in the eighth. With the Tigers leading 4-3, he gave up two singles and a walk before Lowe pulled one down the right-field line to clear the bases. Lowe scored on Bell’s double to left-center, which ended Kahnle’s outing.

The Nationals scored twice more when Paul DeJong greeted reliever Brenan Hanifee with an RBI single and came around on Jacob Young’s one-out grounder.

Cole Henry (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for his first major league victory.

Lowe and Bell had RBI singles in the first inning against Jack Flaherty, and Bell added another run-scoring hit in the third.

Flaherty allowed three runs in five innings while striking out nine, including the last seven Nationals he faced.

Spencer Torkelson hit a run-scoring double in the fourth for Detroit and pinch-hitter Colt Keith added an RBI double in the sixth. Jones’ two-run double in the seventh gave the Tigers the lead.

Washington starter MacKenzie Gore allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings while striking out a season-low two.

Key moment Lowe’s triple was the big hit in Washington’s six-run eighth inning.

Key stat Washington was 7 for 11 with runners in scoring position.

Up next Detroit LHP Dietrich Enns (1-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second start while Washington counters with RHP Jake Irvin (6-3, 4.73) in Thursday’s series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	L. García Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Meneses struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lipscomb struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chafin relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Lipscomb hit for Rosario
	8th Inning	Vierling grounded out to second.

Statistics

WSH		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
8	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
2	Sacrifice Flies	1
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	15
33	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
1.1	Runs Created	5.9
.172	Batting Average	.323
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.241	Slugging Percentage	.484
.103	Secondary Average	.290
.212	On Base Percentage	.405
.454	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.889
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
17.0	Batter Rating	46.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.19
.069	Isolated Power	.161
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.069	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
67.8	MLB Rating	93.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0