Detroit Tigers at Washington Nationals

· Doubleheader - Game 2

Detroit Tigers

54-33, 24-19 Away

Final
4 - 9

Washington Nationals

36-50, 17-25 Home

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

Jacob Young scales the wall for an amazing leaping grab

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	Torres fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Greene flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Sweeney lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Henry
	9th Inning	Sweeney hit for McKinstry
	9th Inning	Call as designated hitter.

Statistics

DET		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
6	Strikeouts	12
4	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
190	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
3	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	14
38	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.8	Runs Created	5.2
.235	Batting Average	.324
.333	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.412
.206	Secondary Average	.206
.316	On Base Percentage	.378
.639	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.790
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
30.0	Batter Rating	52.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
5.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.14
.088	Isolated Power	.088
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.118
8.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
79.0	MLB Rating	94.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0