Candelario leads Nats’ 14-hit effort in 6-4 win over Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jeimer Candelario and CJ Abrams drove in two runs apiece, and the Washington Nationals pounded out 14 hits in a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night time.

Every batter within the Nationals’ beginning lineup received a success, together with 5 two-hit performances. Candelario tied it with a two-run single within the fourth, and Abrams’ grounder within the fifth introduced dwelling the go-ahead run.

“I feel like that’s how we can build a winning culture, and something that’s going to be our team identity,” mentioned Dominic Smith, who scored Washington’s remaining run with a heads-up baserunning play. “For the most part, we’re going to have to manufacture runs, and this is how we’re going to have to do it: Playing hard, playing smart, taking the extra base, playing smart, clean baseball. It’s fun to do. It takes the life out of the other team, so it was definitely a fun night tonight.”

Nationals supervisor Davey Martinez felt sick earlier than the sport and wasn’t within the dugout through the sport, though he was on the stadium. Martinez obtained intravenous fluids, based on bench coach Tim Bogar, who managed the workforce to its third win in 4 video games.

Hunter Renfroe homered in his third straight sport and Luis Rengifo had an early two-run double for the Angels, who received poor pitching and protection whereas shedding back-to-back video games for the primary time this season. Gio Urshela had a run-scoring double, whereas Shohei Ohtani went 0 for 3 with a stroll to succeed in base in his thirty third consecutive sport.

“Trends like this don’t continue, (because) that’s two days of us hitting a lot of balls hard and not giving up a lot of hard contact,” Angels supervisor Phil Nevin mentioned. “But we had some things defensively that we didn’t do right, that cost us a couple of runs, and that’s the difference in the game.”

PHOTOS: Candelario leads Nats’ 14-hit effort in 6-4 win over Angels

Patrick Corbin (1-2) pitched 5 innings of seven-hit ball for Washington, yielding 4 runs. Kyle Finnegan pitched the ninth for his second save, finishing six consecutive hitless innings thrown by 5 Nats pitchers.

Corbin was removed from dominant, however his teammates battered Los Angeles’ José Suarez and Tucker Davidson (0-1).

“That’s Nats offense right there,” Bogar mentioned. “We paper-cut you to death a little bit.”

Suarez yielded 10 hits and 4 runs over 4 innings in his second straight tough begin for the Angels, who had been hoping the Venezuelan left-hander might solidify a spot within the rotation after inconsistency final season. Instead, Suarez has given up 18 hits and 10 earned runs in 8 1/3 mixed innings to start out the brand new yr.

“We trust him,” Suarez mentioned. “He’s done a great job for us. He pitched well for us last year, and he’ll find it. It’s been two starts.”

Mike Trout broke Garret Anderson’s franchise report by scoring his 523rd run at Angel Stadium on Rengifo’s bases-loaded double within the first. Trout has reached base in each sport this season, as have Ohtani and Taylor Ward.

Renfroe then delivered his third homer and eighth RBI in three days, however Washington erased a three-run deficit within the fourth in a rally that began with Michael Chavis receiving a leadoff stroll on a pitch timer violation by Suarez. Rengifo additionally made a throwing error earlier than Candelario’s two-out single.

Smith alertly went from second to dwelling within the seventh whereas the Angels failed to show an inning-ending double play on Victor Robles’ grounder.

“I feel like it’s a momentum-changing play and something that fires the boys up,” Smith mentioned. “It’s super exciting. For me not to be a speed guy and to do something like that, I shocked everybody on the team.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: Luis García missed his third straight sport, apparently with hamstring tightness. … Martinez has a non-COVID-19 sickness, the workforce mentioned.

Angels: Anthony Rendon was a late pregame scratch with shoulder soreness after getting hit by a pitch Sunday. Rendon couldn’t swing a bat nicely, however was accessible for protection, Nevin mentioned.

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