Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

46-70, 24-34 Away

Final
4 - 2

San Francisco Giants

59-58, 29-27 Home

Nationals break out of scoring slump, beat Giants 4-2 behind Lord and Wood

James Wood, Paul DeJong and Josh Bell homered for the Nationals, shut out in their previous two games. Wood's leadoff shot was his first homer in a month.

Rafael Devers went deep for the second consecutive day and Dominic Smith doubled for the Giants to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest active run in the majors.

Lord (3-6), whose previous two wins came in relief, allowed one run and four hits. The 25-year-old rookie pitched around traffic much of the day in his third major league start and finished with five strikeouts and two walks.

Konnor Pilkington retired three batters and Jose A. Ferrer got five outs for his second career save and first this season.

Wood drove Carson Whisenhunt’s third pitch over the center-field fence for his team-leading 25th home run and first since July 9. He added an RBI double that made it 4-0 in the sixth.

DeJong and Bell connected for back-to-back homers off Whisenhunt in the third.

Whisenhunt (1-1) allowed three runs and three hits in four innings. San Francisco's top pitching prospect had five strikeouts and three walks.

Devers homered in the sixth and Wilmer Flores had a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the Giants.

Key moment Ferrer struck out Matt Chapman swinging with two on to end the eighth.

Key stat All three home runs off Whisenhunt came on sinkers, his most effective pitch this season.

Up next Giants RHP Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.29 ERA) faces struggling All-Star MacKenzie Gore (4-12, 4.29) in the series finale Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bailey grounded into double play, third to second to first, Koss out at second.
	9th Inning	Koss singled to right, Lee to second.
	9th Inning	Koss hit for Gilbert
	9th Inning	Schmitt lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Lee reached on infield single to third.
	9th Inning	DeJong grounded into double play, third to second to first, Abrams out at second.

Statistics

WSH		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	14
7	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
3	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	32
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	11
1	Caught Stealing	0
147	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	12
39	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
7.8	Runs Created	3.2
.306	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.639	Slugging Percentage	.375
.472	Secondary Average	.219
.359	On Base Percentage	.306
.998	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.681
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
7.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
45.0	Batter Rating	21.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.333	Isolated Power	.125
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.167	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
94.3	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0