Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Washington Nationals

9-10, 8-5 Away

Final
8 - 7

Pittsburgh Pirates

11-8, 6-4 Home

James Wood singles to score automatic runner in the 10th, Nationals beat Pirates 8-7

Washington Nationals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Reliever Clayton Beeter (1-0) got his first career win despite giving up the ninth-inning run that sent the game to an extra inning. Brandon Lowe hit an infield single to score Jake Mangum, who Beeter walked.

Dennis Santana (2-1) pitched the top of the 10th for the Pirates.

Orlando Ribalta earned his first career save.

The Nationals scored four runs in the top of the fifth inning. Rookie Konnor Griffin had a throwing error that scored the first three. Luis García Jr. grounded into a fielder's choice and Griffin was unable to tag second in time before he threw wildly to first base. Drew Millas, Vivas and Nasim Nuñez all scored.

The Pirates challenged Nuñez's slide to second for any illegal contact, but the call was upheld.

Garcia scored on a throwing error by Braxton Ashcraft.

The Pirates responded in the bottom of the inning with four runs of their own. Oneil Cruz hit a double to score Billy Cook, and then Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run home run.

Joey Wiemer doubled in the sixth to break the tie for the Nationals.

Griffin hit his first career triple in the sixth to score a run.

Up next Nationals: Zack Littell (0-1, 4.20) starts against the San Francisco Giants' Logan Webb (1-2 5.25 ERA) to open a three-game series.

Pirates: Bubba Chandler (0-1, 3.86) starts against the Tampa Bay Rays' Nick Martinez (0-0, 2.16).

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Mangum grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Griffin out at second.
	10th Inning	Reynolds struck out swinging.
	10th Inning	Griffin reached on infield single to shortstop, Davis to third.
	10th Inning	Ribalta relieved Beeter
	10th Inning	Davis ran for Bart
	10th Inning	House flied out to left.

Statistics

WSH		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	17
10	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	7
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	15
2	Stolen Bases	3
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	7
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	42
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	30
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	173
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	21
48	Plate Appearances	46
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
5.1	Runs Created	8.3
.250	Batting Average	.357
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.325	Slugging Percentage	.500
.225	Secondary Average	.286
.362	On Base Percentage	.413
.687	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.913
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.8
42.0	Batter Rating	53.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	42.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.075	Isolated Power	.143
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
-.025	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.071
12.0	Runs Produced	14.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
86.5	MLB Rating	101.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0