Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers

· Major League Baseball

Washington Nationals

5-8, 4-3 Away

Final
7 - 3

Milwaukee Brewers

8-5, 5-2 Home

Vivas and Millas drive in runs as Nationals succeed on 3 bunts in 4-run 9th to beat Brewers 7-3

Washington reached base three times on bunts in the inning after attempting just one bunt in its first 12 games. Milwaukee entered the night leading the major leagues with six sacrifice bunts.

With the score 3-3, Trevor Megill (0-2) hit CJ Abrams with a pitch leading off the ninth. Joey Wiemer reached on a bunt single to the third-base side and Luis García hit an RBI single up the middle for a 4-3 lead.

Vivas bunted back to the mound, and Megill's underhand flip went to the backstop as runners wound up at the corners on what was scored a sacrifice and an error.

Two pitches later, Millas bunted back to the mound for another sacrifice and pinch-runner Nasim Nuñez slid home ahead of Megill's throw for a 6-3 lead.

Easton McGee replaced Megill, who didn't get an out, and James Wood hit an RBI double.

PJ Poulin (1-0) got three straight groundouts in the eighth inning, and Clayton Beeter closed with a perfect ninth to hand the Brewers their third consecutive loss.

Nationals starter Jake Irvin allowed three runs, two hits and five walks in five innings. Milwaukee's Aaron Ashby gave up two runs and three hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Curtis Mead hit a run-scoring single in the first and scored on Abrams' double, but Jake Bauers hit a three-run homer in the bottom half, a 428-foot drive to right. Jacob Young's RBI double off Angel Zerpa tied the score 3-3 in the seventh.

Up Next Washington's Foster Griffin (1-0, 2.70) and Milwaukee's Kyle Harrison (1-0, 2.61) start Saturday in a matchup of left-hander.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hamilton grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Perkins struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Frelick grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Beeter relieved Poulin
	9th Inning	Nuñez as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Lile grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Mead out at second.

Statistics

WSH		MIL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
6	Strikeouts	7
7	Runs Batted In	3
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	1
7	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	156
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
15	Total Bases	7
39	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.9	Runs Created	2.1
.324	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.233
.206	Secondary Average	.300
.378	On Base Percentage	.257
.820	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.490
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
48.0	Batter Rating	20.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.118	Isolated Power	.100
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.139
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
14.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
93.3	MLB Rating	69.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0