Tampa Bay Rays at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

67-69, 33-36 Away

Final
7 - 4

Washington Nationals

53-83, 26-42 Home

Brandon Lowe's grand slam helps Rays beat Nationals 7-4, sweep 3-game series

Tampa Bay starter Ian Seymour (3-0) gave up four runs — one earned — and four hits with eight strikeouts.

Pete Fairbanks pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 24th save this season. Dylan Crews singled to lead off the ninth and moved to third on a single by Daylen Lile, who tried to stretch it into a double but was thrown out by Pereira at second before Brady House struck out swinging to end the game.

Josh Lowe tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Pereira to make 7-0 in the third.

Jacob Young doubled to drive in House in the third. Riley Adams walked to lead off the fourth and scored when Crews reached on a fielding error by third baseman Junior Caminero. House singled to drive in two runs that made it 7-4.

Nationals starter Brad Lord (4-8) allowed seven runs and five hits in three innings.

Key moment Josh Lowe doubled to lead off the second, went to third on Bob Seymour's single and scored on Pereira's single to give the Rays a 1-0 lead. Tristan Gray walked to load the bases, Carson Williams walked on four pitches to drive in Seymour and set up Brandon Lowe's homer that gave Tampa Bay a 6-0 lead.

Key stat The Rays swept their sixth series of the season, their first since June 24-26 at Kansas City, their fourth on the road.

Up next Washington's Andrew Alvarez (0-0, 0.00 ERA), the organization's 2023 Minor League Pitcher of the Year, is set to make his MLB debut Monday to kick off a three-game series against Miami. The Marlins have not announced their starter.

Tampa Bay's Shane Baz (8-11, 5.19 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Monday against Seattle's Luis Castillo (8-7, 3.75) in the opener of a three-game set.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	House struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lile singled to center, Lile out stretching at second, Crews to third.
	9th Inning	García Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	García Jr. hit for DeJong
	9th Inning	Crews singled to left.
	9th Inning	Fairbanks relieved Montgomery

Statistics

TB		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	5
11	Strikeouts	16
7	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
1	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	14
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	142
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	0
12	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
2.5	Runs Created	1.5
.188	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.242
.250	Secondary Average	.091
.229	On Base Percentage	.257
.604	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
41.5	Batter Rating	23.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.188	Isolated Power	.030
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.121
14.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.5	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0