Tampa Bay Rays at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

66-69, 32-36 Away

Final
4 - 1

Washington Nationals

53-82, 26-41 Home

Josh Lowe homers twice and Ryan Pepiot throws 5 scoreless innings as Rays beat Nationals 4-1

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Washington Nationals: Game Highlights

It was the third multihomer game of Lowe's career and first this season.

The game was delayed briefly twice, once in the third inning when what appeared to be a young fan behind first base ran to the Nationals dugout, and then in the seventh when a fan ran out from the left field seats and stood next to Rays shortstop Carson Williams.

Pepiot (10-10) allowed one baserunner in each of the first four innings, but didn't allow anyone past second base. He struck out six and walked three. Bryan Baker pitched the ninth for his third save of the season and first with Tampa Bay.

James Wood had an RBI single and a walk for the Nationals, who have lost seven straight and been outscored 24-5 in their last four.

With two outs in the first, Brandon Lowe singled against Jake Irvin, Junior Caminero walked and Josh Lowe homered to make it 3-0.

Irvin (8-10) has allowed 31 runs in 28 first innings (9.96 ERA) this season. He settled in and allowed one run over the next five innings.

With one out in the fourth, Josh Lowe homered to right-center to make it 4-0.

Key moment With runners on first and third, a run in and no outs in the eighth, Rays reliever Griffin Jax replaced Mason Englert. He struck out CJ Abrams and Paul DeJong, walked Josh Bell and retired Riley Adams when third baseman Caminero made a barehand scoop on Riley Adams' slow roller.

Key stat Rays pitchers have given up 11 total runs — nine earned — in their past six games, pitching to a 1.51 ERA (53 2/3 innings, nine earned runs). They have permitted only four extra-base hits (three doubles, one home run) during that stretch.

Up next Rays LHP Ian Seymour (2-0, 3.18) starts Sunday opposite Nationals RHP Brad Lord (4-7, 3.84).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	García Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Crews struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lile grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Jax
	9th Inning	Caminero fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	B. Lowe struck out swinging.

Statistics

TB		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	8
5	Strikeouts	12
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	30
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
1	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
9	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
111	Pitches	159
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	1
11	Total Bases	5
31	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
1.4	Runs Created	1.3
.167	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.367	Slugging Percentage	.167
.200	Secondary Average	.267
.194	On Base Percentage	.257
.560	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.424
1.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.3
27.0	Batter Rating	12.0
15.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.58	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.54
.200	Isolated Power	.033
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.42
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.033	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.133
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
75.5	MLB Rating	62.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0