Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Washington Nationals

7-9, 6-4 Away

Final
5 - 16

Pittsburgh Pirates

10-6, 5-2 Home

Paul Skenes and Brandon Lowe lead Pirates to 16-5 rout against Nationals

Washington Nationals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Skenes (3-1) struck out six and walked one, throwing a career-high 32 changeups among his 88 pitches while improving to 7-1 in his last 11 home starts. The only run he gave up came on a first-inning homer by CJ Abrams.

Lowe went 3 for 5 with a two-run single in the second and his sixth homer — a three-run shot in the Pirates' 10-run sixth. He had a grand slam and a solo shot Sunday at Wrigley Field in a 7-6 loss to the Cubs.

Lowe became the first Pirates player to knock in at least five runs in consecutive games since RBI became an official statistic in 1920.

Oneil Cruz reached base four straight times for Pittsburgh and went 2 for 3 to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games. He had three RBI and scored three runs.

Bryan Reynolds had a bases-loaded triple in the sixth and an RBI single in the second. He finished with three of the team's 16 hits.

Pittsburgh has scored 38 runs in Skenes' four starts this season after totaling 37 runs in his first 11 outings last year.

Skenes struck out three in the first, but Abrams hit a 99.5 mph fastball on a full count for his fifth home run and a 1-0 lead.

Cruz's bases-loaded walk tied it in the second against Cade Cavalli (0-1) before Lowe's two-run single and Reynolds' run-scoring single chased the right-hander after he allowed four runs in 1 1/3 innings.

Spencer Horwitz hit his first homer of the season leading off the third against Paxton Schultz for a 5-1 advantage.

Konnor Griffin added an RBI single in Pittsburgh's 10-run sixth.

José Urquidy allowed six hits and four runs, two on Jacob Young's second homer, as the Nationals batted around in the seventh. Evan Sisk worked two innings and struck out the side on 10 pitches in the ninth to end it.

Position player Joey Wiemer pitched the eighth for the Nats and allowed Joey Bart's sacrifice fly.

Up next Nationals RHP Miles Mikolas (0-3, 12.41 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Pirates RHP Mitch Keller (1-0, 1.00).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	García Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wiemer struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ruiz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bart as designated hitter.
	8th Inning	Yorke flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Gonzales walked, Lowe to second, Cook to third.

Statistics

WSH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
13	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	16
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	16
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	16
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	40
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	0
150	Pitches	184
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	25
38	Plate Appearances	50
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
4.5	Runs Created	12.6
.229	Batting Average	.400
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.429	Slugging Percentage	.625
.257	Secondary Average	.450
.289	On Base Percentage	.500
.718	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.125
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	13.7
36.0	Batter Rating	92.5
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	20.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.200	Isolated Power	.225
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.78
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.140
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.050
10.0	Runs Produced	32.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
83.8	MLB Rating	126.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0