Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

7-10, 2-6 Away

Final
3 - 0

Pittsburgh Pirates

6-12, 4-4 Home

James Wood's leadoff homer, Jake Irvin's seven scoreless innings lift Nationals over Pirates 3-0

Nasim Nunez breaks bat on 2-RBI single for Nationals

Irvin (1-0) allowed three hits, struck out six and walked one as the Nationals snapped a three-game losing streak. The Pirates never got a runner past second base in losing for the fourth time in five games.

Jose A. Ferrer and Kyle Finnegan pitched one inning each to finish the four-hitter. Finnegan notched his sixth save in as many opportunities.

The shutout came a night after the Pirates recorded a season high in runs scored while beating the Nationals 10-3.

Mitch Keller (1-2) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings while striking out three and walking two.

Wood hit a drive to the concourse in right-center field on Keller’s sixth pitch of the game to give the Nationals a quick lead with his sixth homer of the season. The score remained 1-0 until the sixth when Nasim Nunez hit a two-run single with two outs.

Paul DeJong was hit in the face by a pitch from Keller with two outs and the bases empty in the sixth. DeJong underwent a CT scan and the Nationals were awaiting the results.

Nunez and Nathaniel Lowe had two hits each for the Nationals.

Jack Suwinski had two hits for the Pirates and made a fine running catch on the left-field warning track.

Key moment The Pirates had runners on first and second while trailing 1-0 in the fifth, but Irvin got Isiah Kiner-Falefa to ground into an inning-ending double play.

Key stat Wood hit the first leadoff home run in his 96-game career.

Up next Mitchell Parker (2-0, 1.96 ERA) will start for the Nationals against Bailey Falter (0-2, 7.20) on Wednesday night in a matchup of left-handers in the third game of the four-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Suwinski struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Valdez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hayes fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Ferrer
	9th Inning	Call in left field.
	9th Inning	Bell flied out to right.

Statistics

WSH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
4	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	4
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
19	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	121
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	4
40	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	0
4.5	Runs Created	-0.8
.222	Batting Average	.129
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.129
.278	Secondary Average	.032
.300	On Base Percentage	.156
.633	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.285
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.7
28.0	Batter Rating	4.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.111	Isolated Power	.000
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.056	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
6.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.8	MLB Rating	58.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0