Washington Nationals at Milwaukee Brewers

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Washington Nationals

6-8, 5-3 Away

Final
3 - 1

Milwaukee Brewers

8-6, 5-3 Home

Nationals get strong outing from Griffin, hold off late Brewers rally to win 3-1

Washington Nationals vs. Milwaukee Brewers: Game Highlights

Griffin held the Brewers hitless until a lead-off single by Joey Ortiz, Milwaukee’s No. 9 hitter, in the sixth. Milwaukee eventually loaded the bases in the inning but came up empty when pinch-hitter Jake Bauers grounded out against Brad Lord, who relieved Griffin.

Griffin (2-0), who returned to the majors this year after spending three seasons in Japan, pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings, giving up one hit. He struck out one and walked three in the 80-pitch outing.

Lord and Cionel Perez pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings before turning it over to Clayton Beeter, who notched his second save in three tries but had to pitch out of trouble. After surrendering a lead-off homer in the ninth to William Contreras, Christian Yelich struck out swinging on a wild pitch and ended up at second. The Brewers eventually loaded the bases with two outs before Ortiz grounded out to the mound to end it.

The teams were locked in a scoreless battle until the fifth when Wood, who had four hits, including two doubles, in Washington’s win on Friday night, lined a two-run double off Milwaukee starter Kyle Harrison (1-1).

Harrison’s outing got off to a scary start when, while facing lead-off batter Wood, he landed awkwardly while covering first base and trying to field an errant throw from first baseman Gary Sánchez. Harrison came up limping and had an extended visit from Brewers medical staff but remained in the game and retired the next three batters, stranding Wood.

Harrison lasted 4 1/3 innings, giving up four hits and two runs while walking one and striking out one.

Keibert Ruiz's run-scoring double in the ninth pushed the Nationals lead to 3-0.

Up next Washington’s Zack Littell (0-1, 3.60 ERA) and Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 5.91) start Sunday in a matchup of right-handers.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Ortiz grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Mitchell intentionally walked.
	9th Inning	Lockridge to second on wild pitch by Beeter, Yelich to third on wild pitch by Beeter.
	9th Inning	Frelick struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Lockridge walked.
	9th Inning	Bauers flied out to right.

Statistics

WSH		MIL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	2
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	2
3	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	11
3	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	5
38	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.2	Runs Created	0.9
.281	Batting Average	.067
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.167
.156	Secondary Average	.300
.395	On Base Percentage	.222
.770	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.389
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
27.0	Batter Rating	9.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.72
.094	Isolated Power	.100
1.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.233
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.0
79.8	MLB Rating	60.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0