Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Washington Nationals

27-30, 14-16 Away

Final
9 - 7

Arizona Diamondbacks

27-30, 14-16 Home

Josh Bell hits 3-run homer, Nationals knock off Diamondbacks 9-7 in series opener

Wood, Bell both homer in 3rd for Nationals

Hassell hit a two-run single in the first inning and a run-scoring single in the seventh that put Washington up 9-6. James Wood hit a solo homer and Kyle Finnegan gave up a run on Geraldo Perdomo's groundout before closing out the ninth for his 16th save in 19 chances.

Nathaniel Lowe hit a go-ahead two-run single after Juan Morillo (0-1) walked the bases loaded in the sixth. Washington starter Jake Irvin (5-1) allowed six runs on 10 hits in five innings.

Perdomo and Pavin Smith had two RBI for Arizona, which has lost eight of nine.

The Diamondbacks have been plagued by pitching blowups and fielding miscues during their recent slide.

A mistake cost them early against Washington.

Merrill Kelly appeared to be out of the first inning by inducing a two-out ground ball, but second baseman Ketel Marte dropped the toss from Perdomo at shortstop. Hassell followed with a two-run double and Kelly ended up throwing 17 extra pitches in the inning.

Arizona answered with four runs in the bottom half against Irvin on three singles and a groundout.

Homers hurt Kelly in the third.

Wood led off with his 16th and Bell followed with a towering three-run shot to put the Nationals up 6-4.

Kelly allowed six hits — four earned — on six hits and struck out six in five innings.

Key moment Lowe's two-run single in the sixth broke a 6-all tie.

Key stat Wood has an RBI in six straight games.

Up next Washington RHP Michael Soroka (1-3, 5.61 ERA) faces Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-3, 3.90) Saturday in the second game of the series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Naylor flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Perdomo grounded out to third, Carroll scored.
	9th Inning	Marte grounded out to first, Carroll to third.
	9th Inning	Carroll stole second.
	9th Inning	Carroll hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Lord

Statistics

WSH		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
18	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	5
9	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	36
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
11	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
165	Pitches	167
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	16
43	Plate Appearances	40
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
7.6	Runs Created	6.0
.297	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.444
.405	Secondary Average	.222
.395	On Base Percentage	.400
.936	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.844
1.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.3
57.5	Batter Rating	49.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.18
.243	Isolated Power	.111
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.075
.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.111
18.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
101.0	MLB Rating	95.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0