CJ Abrams homered on his bobblehead evening, Josiah Gray earned his first win since June 30 and the Washington Nationals routed the San Francisco Giants 10-1 on Saturday evening.
With a victory Sunday, Washington can full its first sequence sweep since taking each video games from Toronto in August 2021. The Nationals haven’t swept a three-game sequence since June 2021 in opposition to Pittsburgh.
San Francisco has misplaced 4 in a row since a seven-game successful streak spanning the All-Star break. The Giants fell 4 video games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, their largest deficit within the division race since July 4.
Abrams ended San Francisco starter Logan Webb’s evening by sending a two-run homer into the primary row of seats in right-center to cap a six-run second inning. It was the primary time the shortstop went deep in back-to-back video games, and he additionally collected his tenth multi-hit recreation of July after recording 13 in his first 81 video games.
The second-year participant is hitting .413 (19 of 46) in 11 video games since shifting into the leadoff spot July 7.
“He shows every day why he belongs up here and why the Nationals think so highly of him,” teammate Dominic Smith stated whereas holding an Abrams bobblehead. “It’s fun. For you to hit a home run on your bobblehead night, it takes a special person to do that.”
Gray (7-8) settled in after strolling three of the Giants’ first 5 batters, scattering 4 hits and placing out 4 over seven innings to match his longest profession outing. The All-Star yielded J.D. Davis’ sacrifice fly within the third, which started a run of retiring 13 of the final 15 hitters he confronted.
“I definitely showed myself a lot today after the first two innings, where I’m scattering the ball around a little bit, to get two double plays, get some big strikeouts to start off some innings, to get some popouts that are just as good as strikeouts,” Gray stated. “Just to limit hard contact for the majority of the game is huge.”
Gray’s outing got here an evening after rookie Jake Irvin labored a career-high 6 2/3 innings for the Nationals in a 5-3 victory.
“Awesome,” supervisor Dave Martinez stated. “These guys are learning how to get ahead of hitters, stay ahead of hitters and put people out. It’s good to see those two young guys do what they did.”
The Nationals scored their first two runs when Smith and Corey Dickerson delivered RBI singles. Both got here round on Alex Call’s double to make it 4-0, and Call scored on Abrams’ homer.
Webb (8-8) allowed six runs and struck out two over 1 1/3 innings, his shortest outing in 98 profession begins. He pitched at the least 5 innings in every of his 20 prior begins this season.
“They don’t really swing and miss often and they did a good job in doing that,” Webb stated. “They just kind of got me after that. It was one of those days where the balls were finding holes and then they did some damage.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: Activated RHP Luke Jackson (again) from the 15-day injured record and designated RHP Mauricio Llovera for project. Llovera was 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 5 video games.
CREWS SIGNS
Washington signed LSU OF Dylan Crews, the No. 2 choice on this yr’s draft. Crews took batting observe earlier than Saturday’s recreation, and normal supervisor Mike Rizzo stated Crews will seemingly report back to the group’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, to change into acclimated to the group.
“He’ll probably head to one of the A-ball clubs soon thereafter,” Rizzo stated. “It’ll all be driven by where he’s at and how rusty he is from the season. I don’t think it should take very long to get in the swing of things.”
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Scott Alexander (6-0, 3.04 ERA) will open for San Francisco in Sunday’s sequence finale.
Nationals: LHP MacKenzie Gore (5-7, 4.59) seeks his first residence victory since April 2. Gore is 0-4 with a 5.06 ERA in his final seven begins at Nationals Park.
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